Got to love SharePoint 2007, you learn / encounter something new everyday :)
I recently got a request to help resolve an issue with a missing root site collection after a backed-up content database attach procedure. What happened was that the user had created a web application to attach the backed-up content database to, when they attached the content database and browsed to the root site they did not see the content they expected.
What caused this is as follows:
- Person created site collection at root level of new web application.
- The backed-up content database to attach ALSO had a root site collection.
- When the user attached the backed-up content database it left out (not deleted) the root site collection in that content database.
What fixed this is as follows:
- User removed content database created with new web application.
- User removed backed-up content database from the web application.
- User re-attached the backed-up content database
- Voila!
How to avoid this in the future:
- When creating a web application to attach a content database to, don’t create a root level site collection :)
Regards,
Doug