How to back up a site collection without Data?

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Is there a way to backup site collection without data? if not, is there a way restore the site collection from backup but without the data. The site collection backup is 150gb and I only need the site collection without the data in QC farm.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:09

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You may have a look in Ave Point Backup & Restore tool but not sure...

http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-backup-and-restore-docave/

answered Sep 17 '13 at 16:09

Nicolas L.

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Thanks for your reply. So there is no OOTB or other powershell way of doing this? – Maria Burton Sep 17 '13 at 17:32

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '13 at 18:46

I'm not aware of a way to do this easily unless the site collection is a feature the defines all the lists and libraries being used. However this thread on TechNet shows some options.

The accepted answer so it doesn't get lost:

Too bad that scripts are using SPSolutionExporter which only available for Sharepoint 2010 However, here is my powershell scripts solution which for MOSS 2007 which modify from that CreateSiteTemplates.ps1.
Download scripts from here: https://skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Code/ExportSiteTemplate.rar?cid=e44ea63872a84c5a&sc=documents

First, run CreateSiteTemplates.ps1 scripts to create site templates from your SourceUrl. .\CreatesiteTemplates.ps1 -SourceURL 'http://sites.demo.com/' -SaveData 0 -SaveCurrentSite -IncludeSubSites 1

Then, run DownloadAndAddTemplates.ps1 script to download sitetemplates from sourceUrl and add as Custom Template
.\DownloadAndAddTemplates.ps1 -SourceURL 'http://sites.demo.com/' -AddCurrentSite 1 -IncludeSubSites 1 Note: please create a folder at C:\STP as default download folder before run the script

Run IISReset to make sure custom templates added take effect.

Go to Central Administration to create a new web application and new site collections based on your custom template of top source site, you can find your custom template at Custom tab

Lastly, run CreateSubSites.ps1 to create subsites structure .\CreateSubSites.ps1 -SourceUrl "http://sites.demo.com" -DestinationUrl "http://sites2:demo.com" Indeed not a perfect solution as code need some refactoring for sure and, 100% automation yet, and support only 1-level subsites, but hope can give some hints or tips for helping :)

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