upgrade a site collection from sharepoint 2010 to sharepoint 2013

Question

HI
i want to upgrade a content database to sharepoint 2013 from sp 2010, and create new site collection with this database inside a existing web application.

existing web application in sp 2013:  https://www.xxxx.com

i want to create new site collection in existing web application and with existing sp 2010 content db : https://www.xxxx.com/products

here what are the steps i will do for 

1) Upgrade existing sharepoint 2010 content db
2) create new site collection in existing web application 

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adil

Answer 1

You can mount this content database to existing sp2013 web application which will force the upgrade of the content database but then you can open the site collection and then force the upgrade. You can also upgrade the site using PowerShell. Upgrade-SPSite

Just note that the 2010 database must not have the site created in the root "/". A web application can not have two root sites.  If you Product site is managed path then you can attach the db otherwise you must create a new web application, mount then upgrade the site and later use Backup/restore or Import/Export to move the site to your existing 2013 web application.

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Jerry Yasir - SharePoint MVP, MCT

Answer 2

Refer to below given references might helps you:

Step by Step guide to Migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013:
http://www.lepide.com/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-migrate-from-sharepoint-2010-to-sharepoint-2013/

Check this article which lets you how to upgrade a site collection to SharePoint 2013:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-in/library/jj219474.aspx

To learn about the process of upgrading databases, service applications, My Sites, and site collections to SharePoint 2013 check out this article: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262483.aspx

Moreover, If you wish you may also try this SharePoint migration tool which lets you to migrate from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013 without any interruption.

Hope it helps you!

Answer 3

Please check below sites it may help you:

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/Roji.Joy/sharepoint-2013-upgrade-step-by-step-from-sharepoint-2010/

http://www.falconitservices.com/support/KB/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=124

Answer 4

Hi adil,

You can upgrade the database using database attach/detach method:

Then after attach the new database and upgrade the web application, you can create a new site collection in the web application.

https://4sysops.com/archives/upgrade-to-sharepoint-2013-from-sharepoint-2010-part-3-upgrade/

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/Roji.Joy/sharepoint-2013-upgrade-step-by-step-from-sharepoint-2010/

Best Regards,

CY

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Answer 5

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262483(v=office.15)

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Deepesh Yevle -MCP MCTS MCITP ITIL

Answer 6

hi 

insharepoint 2010 farm 

- web application : http://www.company1.com

content db : wss_company

- site collection  :

http://www.company1.com/products  ( /Products is a explicit managed path in company1.com webapplication)

/Products site collection has separate content db  : wss_company_products_db

In Sharepoint 2013 farm

web application : http://www.company1.com 

content db : wss_company  ( it upgraded to sharepoint 2013 ,company1.com has one root site collection)

- site collection  :

http://www.company1.com/products  ( /Products is a explicit managed path in company1.com webapplication)

here i want to create /products sitecollection in  http://www.company1.com web application and with 

separate content db 

before doing this i want to upgrade  wss_company_products_db to sharepoint 2013

for this when i try to Mount products_db to http://www.company1.com/products it can not.

so which steps i will follow for best practise for upgrade site collection with its separate content database upgrade?

 

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adil

Answer 7

Hi

Restore the backup of SP 2010 database on SP 2013 server. Then mount the database with web application using PowerShell command,

Mount-SPContentDatabase

regards

Sabareesh