Please can anybody help me.
I am in the process of merging sharepoint servers into one, the easiest way i have found to do this is to export the site collections with STSADM export and then import them as sub webs into my main server/site collection, this has worked fine on all farms
but one.
This one i am having issues with has exported fine but when i then run "STSADM -O Import -urlhttps://url -filename c:/file.cmp -nofilecompression" it starts to import, gets to about 20 minutes into it and then it errors with:
"[6/24/2013 9:52:14 AM] [List] [User Information List] Progress: Importing
[6/24/2013 9:52:14 AM] [List] [User Information List] ExtendedVerbose: Creating
[6/24/2013 9:52:14 AM] [List] [User Information List] Error: There can only be one instance of this list type in a web.
An instance already exists.
[6/24/2013 9:52:14 AM] [List] [User Information List] Debug: at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPGlobal.HandleComException(COMException comEx)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Library.SPRequest.CreateListOnImport(String bstrUrl, Guid& pguidListId, String bstrTitle, String bstrDescription, Int32 lTemplateID, String bstrFeatureId, Guid guidRootFolderId, Int64 llFlags, Int32 iVersion, Int32
iAuthor, String bstrFields, String bstrContentTypes, String bstrImageUrl, String bstrEventSinkAssembly, String bstrEventSinkClass, String bstrEventSinkData, Guid guidDocTemplateId, String bstrViews, String bstrForms, Boolean bCompressedSchema, DateTime dtTimeCreated)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ListSerializer.CreateList(SPWeb parentWeb, Dictionary`2 listMetaData, Boolean usingPublicSchema)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.ListSerializer.SetObjectData(Object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context, ISurrogateSelector selector)
at Microsoft.SharePoint.Deployment.XmlFormatter.CallSetObjectData(Object obj, SerializationInfo objectData, ISerializationSurrogate surrogate, ISurrogateSelector selector)
[6/24/2013 9:52:14 AM] FatalError: There can only be one instance of this list type in a web.
An instance already exists."
I dont understand why this one is trying to recreate the user information list, none of the others did and this one is just an out of the box user information list, nothing special. I have looked for any operations to specify excluding lists but i havnt seen
any.
Both Farms are SharePoint 2010, the reason i am using STSADM and not powershel SPWeb-Import is because i have exported the original with -nofilecompression, my server is hosted so it took days to upload the exported file so re exporting the file using powershell and re uploading is a last resort.I have been using sharepoint since 2003 which is why i prefer to use STSADM where i can, as up until now ive never had a problem with it.
Running SPWeb-Import on the file just gives me "file not found" as i used nofilecompression, even if i point to the directory.
If anyone knows how i can get past this i would be extremly greatful!.