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Why do I get error restore-spsite not working?
You are doing this using following PowerShell commands: Meanwhile in the process, your Backup-SPSite will work successfully, but while executing the Restore-SPSite you might get following errors: Restore—SPSite : The operation that you are attempting to perform cannot be completed successfully.
How to restore a site from SharePoint farm?
You have SharePoint 2010/2013 Farm deployed. In the same SharePoint Farm, you are trying to back up a site collection and restore on to either a different site URL or managed path or different web application. You are doing this using following PowerShell commands:
What happens if you delete site collection in remove-spsite?
If you delete site collection using Remove-SPSite, the site collection will be deleted permanently. If you delete site collection from the Central Administration or using Remove-SPSite with -GradualDelete option the site collection will be marked for deletion, and will be deleted based on the timer job “Gradual Site Delete”.
When did site collection delete in SharePoint 2010?
Starting in SharePoint 2010, the Site Collection deletion process has been changed. Refer to Bill Baer’s blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/wbaer/archive/2010/08/02/gradual-site-delete-in-sharepoint-2010.aspx. When you are set with above conditions and trying to restore site collection now you are greeted with the Access Denied warning.
Why do I get denied access to site collection?
When you are set with above conditions and trying to restore site collection now you are greeted with the Access Denied warning. This happens when the user login you are using to login to the SharePoint Server (RDP), this is usually the Farm Admin, is not one of the restoring site collection primary or secondary administrator.
Why do I get access denied when I do a restore?
Even if the restore path is legal, you will still get the access denied error if it is not the current path you are working with. Very easy to spot when the path is not legal, much harder to spot when the path is legal, but not the current path.
What is the value of the identity parameter in restore-spsite?
When the HostHeaderWebApplication parameter is present, the value of the Identity parameter is the URL of the host-named site collection and the value of the HostHeaderWebApplication parameter is the URL of the Web application that will hold the host-named site collection. Specifies the URL location to which the site collection is restored.