Contents
- 1 How to remove a feature from a content DB?
- 2 Can a missing feature cause an upgrade to fail?
- 3 What happens if a feature is not installed in a database?
- 4 How to remove content from a SharePoint database?
- 5 What happens if I delete something from the recoverable Items folder?
- 6 How to remove a feature from SharePoint content portal?
- 7 How can I install this feature in content database?
How to remove a feature from a content DB?
This power shell code provide the option to remove missing features referenced on a content database migration log. Before migrating content Database you need to test the DB using the test-spcontentdatabase powershell command. If you encountered the error message bellow :
Can a missing feature cause an upgrade to fail?
The missing feature may cause upgrade to fail. Please install any solution which contains the feature and restart upgrade if necessary. We see many missing feature references within content database. Now we need to know the corresponding site or web information of these missing features to cleanup from site or web features collection.
How to find missing feature references in SharePoint?
After successful solution retraction, ran below PowerShell cmdlet to find out all missing feature references within content database. Test-SPContentDatabase -name SharePoint_Content_DB_01 -WebApplication https://SharePoint.poc.com/ | ? { $_.Category -eq “MissingFeature” }
What happens if a feature is not installed in a database?
Feature (Id = [XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXXXX-XXXX-xxxxxxxx]) is referenced in database [WSS_Content], but isn’t installed on the current farm. The missing feature might cause upgrade to fail. If necessary, please install any solution that contains the feature and restart upgrade.
Specifies the force of a removal. Specifies the content database to delete. The type must be a valid GUID, such as 12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890bcdefgh; a valid name of a SharePoint content database (for example, SPContentDB1); or an instance of a valid SPContentDatabase object.
How to remove spcontentdatabase from SQL Server?
In situations where data needs to be persisted, use the Dismount-SPContentDatabase cmdlet. This will remove the content database from SharePoint Products but not from SQL Server. For permissions and the most current information about Windows PowerShell for SharePoint Products, see the online documentation at SharePoint Server Cmdlets.
What happens if I delete something from the recoverable Items folder?
That means messages that you delete from the Recoverable Items folder can’t be recovered and won’t be available for legal discovery or other compliance purposes.
Remove-SPFeatureFromContentDB -ContentDB “SharePoint_Content_Portal” -FeatureId “8096285f-1463-42c7-82b7-f745e5bacf29” –ReportOnly This command will step through all sites and site collections and display the following message whenever it finds the feature specified:
What is the database name for SharePoint content portal?
As shown above, this message reports a content database name (SharePoint_Content_Portal) and feature ID (8096285f-1463-42c7-82b7-f745e5bacf29), but not the sites or site collections where the feature exists.
How can I install this feature in content database?
Upgrade failed because of Missing Feature ‘CustomTiles’ (Id: 15/’68642d38-a556-4384-888c-082844fbf224′) in WebApplication Database. How can I install this feature in content database or can I remove this feature from SharePoint Farm?