The
managed metadata service application makes it possible to:
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Use
managed metadata.
·
Share
content types across site collections and Web applications.
A
managed metadata service publishes a term store and, optionally, content types;
a managed metadata connection consumes these.
The
whole migration process is categorized into two category as mentioned below...
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Export the Metadata Term store from the source farm
·
Import the exported term store
backup taken from source farm into target farm.
1 Exporting Metadata Term Store from Source Farm
Note-: Below script
should be run from the source farm from where you would like to take backup.
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Login to the source server.
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Create a folder MMSABackup on D
drive.
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Share this folder and provide full
permission to farm account, Service account under which Managed metadata
service runs.
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Copy the below script to notepad
and save it as ExportMMSA.ps1 in above created folder.
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$mmsaSource = Get-SPServiceApplication | ? {$_.TypeName -eq
"Managed Metadata Service"}
$mmsaProxySource = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy | ? {$_.TypeName
-eq "Managed Metadata Service Connection"}
Export-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData $mmsaSource.Id -ServiceProxy $mmsaProxySource -Path "\\segotn10187\MMSABackup\mms10187data.cab"
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In above script change server name
in the path attribute. Also you can change the cab file name to something to
match the server.
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Path attribute accepts UNC path.
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Open SharePoint 2010 Management
Shell window.
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Execute the script.
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After few seconds Metadata term
store data would be backed up in the form of cab file.
1 Importing Metadata Term Store data into target farm
1.1 Prerequisites for import
Following tasks
should be performed prior to execution of import script to import the Metadata
term store data.
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Make sure the service account
running Managed Metadata Service application is part of Metadata Service admin
group.
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To verify above click on the
administrator ribbon as shown in screenshot below in red color box.
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Make sure Metadata service account
and farm account has full permissions to Metadata service application.
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To verify click on the permission
ribbon circled in red color in screenshot below...
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Provide BulkAdmin Role to Metadata
Service Account and farm account on Metadata database (on SQL box).
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Create a shared folder named
”mmsabackup” on D drive of SQL Server box.
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Copy the cab file exported in the
source farm.
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Paste it in the shared folder we
have created on the sql box.
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Give full permissions to farm
account and Metadata service account on the above created shared folder on SQL
box.
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Make sure this shared folder is
accessible from SharePoint server where will be executing the import script.
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Login the the target SharePoint
farm and create a folder named mmsabackup on drive.
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Open notepad.
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Copy and paste the below script
into notepad.
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$mmsaTarget = Get-SPServiceApplication
| ? {$_.TypeName –eq “Managed Metadata Service”}
$mmsaProxyTarget = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy | ? {$_.TypeName –eq “Managed Metadata Service
Connection”}
Import-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData $mmsaTarget.Id –ServiceProxy $mmsaProxyTarget
–Path "\\segotn2411\MMSBackup\mms10187data.cab”
–OverwriteExisting
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In the above script change the
value of Path attribute to point to the Shared folder we have created on SQL
box and where the cab/backup file is placed.
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Open SharePoint 2010 Management
Shell window.
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Execute the script.
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After few seconds Metadata term
store data would be restored in the target farm as shown in the screenshot
below.
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To verify this open central
administrationàApplication ManagementàManage Service Applications.
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Select/Highlight Managed Metadata
Service Application and click on Manage ribbion as shown in screenshot below...
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Clicking on Manage ribbon will
open Term Store management tool page as shown below.
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We will notice the term store data
of source farm being displayed in the target farm.
· The scripts above will work on both SharePoint 2010 and 2013.
Note: