Copy site collection to Sharepoint 2010

Question

I would like to be able to copy the entire site collection http://server.ltd/sites/ABC to http://server.ltd/sites/DEF

is there any simple solution, because I tried to save as a template at the site level, and then tried to load the solution into a newly created site collection, but it failed.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

You can use powershell for this:

Backup-SPSite -Identity http://server.ltd/sites/ABC -Path c:\temp\abc.bak 

and then restore with:

 Restore-SPSite http://server.ltd/sites/DEF -Path c:\temp\abc.bak 

Make sure you check the available options, such as saving security information, versioning, etc.:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee748617(v=office.14).aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff607788.aspx

Answer 2

you can back up the sitecollection using PowerShell and restore it again on a new path, this link can help you.