Steps to Duplicate Site Collection in Backup in Same Web Application ================================================== Step1: Create Empty Site Collection Step2: Create Empty Database Step3: Add Database as Content DB Step4: Mount Database to Created Site Collection Add Content Database stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://server:port/ -databasename WSS_Content_New -assignnewdatabaseid -databaseserver yourdatabaseserver Step5: Restore the Backup File to newly created Site Collection Backup-SPSite -Identity http://server:port/ -path D:\Portal_05May2013.bak Restore-SPSite -Identity http://server:port/ -path D:\Portal_10Jun2014.bak -force Mount-SPContentDatabase "<ContentDb>" -DatabaseServer "<DbServer>" -WebApplication http://SiteName
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