Environments

Learn about migrating a Bonzai Intranet site collection from two sample environments - a "source" environment to a second "destination" environment.

In both environments the URL for the Bonzai Intranet site is https://bankgroup.bonzai-intranet.com.

You can consider this migration scenario is one where we are moving the site to a new farm and keeping the same URL.

Prerequisites for migration

Do the following before attempting to migrate a Bonzai Intranet site collection irrespective of the method used:

1. Go through the below guides:
• Attach or detach content databases in SharePoint Server
• Prepare to back up and restore farms in SharePoint 2013
2. Consult the Bonzai Intranet installation documentation or use an existing farm configured with Bonzai Intranet.

The following items are required in the destination farm:

• Web application - By default the web application has a content database which does not need to have the same name as the database in the source environment.

In fact, for simplicity it may be easier if it is not named the same. For example CONTENT on source side can be named as CONTENT_TEMP on destination side.

• Blob Cache configured for the web application
• Object Cache accounts configured for the web application
• Services created and running:
• Managed Metadata Services
• Search Service Application
• Set PreferredName managed property to sortable
• User Profiles Service Application with Bonzai Intranet properties:
• ImportantMessagesDismissed
• SiteDirectoryFavourites
• WeatherLocation
• WeatherMeasure
3. Bonzai Intranet solutions deployed in the destination environment (installation is outside the scope of this guide)
4. Any third-party solutions for features used in the source site collection deployed in the destination farm (installation and configuration is outside the scope of this guide)
5. Any other applicable customizations you require (installation and configuration is outside the scope of this guide)