STSADM -o backup -directory: Error Cannot open backup device Operating system error 5 (error not found)

Ensure the SQL service account is a domain account and it has permissions to
the Shared folder.

Also ensure the account used to execute the backup command has the correct rights on the DB’s as per MS recommendations ie. Owner, creator etc.

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I had a strange problem where if I went into:

Central Admin –> Manage Databases Upgrade Status

in Sharepoint 2010 I had 2 Business Data Connectivity Service databases with the same name! The status of the one in use was ‘No action required’ & the rogue one had ‘Database is too old and upgrade is required’

There was only one database showing on the SQL server, the one in use, if you find you get 2 service application databases with the same name (somehow!?) the command to delete it is:

Stsadm -o deleteconfigurationobject -id b9b3e713-9e53-42ab-a634-a2c54e90a0d6

(replace the guid with the rogue database guid)

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Sometime you will find you have a currupted list that you cant delete through the normal way as when you try & access the list or the list settings the webpage throws errors. In this case use STSADM

stsadm.exe -o forcedeletelist -url http://devapp01/Lists/<MyListName>/

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If you have your Sharepoint farm hosted in a different domain to your users you will notice that the people picker only looks at its local domain, ie does not list any users from the Internal / User domain. Luckily you can get round this fairly easily:

Run this command on all Sharepoint servers in your farm:

stsadm -o setapppassword -password <AnyPasswordYouWant>

Then run this commmand for each web app:

stsadm.exe -o setproperty -url <YourWebApp> -pn "peoplepicker-searchadforests" -pv "domain:<YourDomain>,<Domain Account>,<password>"

You should now be good to go & pull people & resolve names from both domains.

When trying to delete a service application in Sharepoint 2010 from the central admin, sometimes you will find it just stays on the ‘processing’ window for hours (if you wait that long).

If it does you can try & delete the service application using Powershell:

Remove-SPServiceApplication

If that command doesnt work you can force the deletion by using STSADM:

STSADM -o deleteconfigurationobject -id {ID}

The above STSADM command is not documented by Microsoft (or doesnt seem to be)

When you add a new entry to announcements, to events, or to links on a Microsoft SharePoint Team Services and Windows SharePoint Services Web site, the new entry always includes a tag that is made up of the exclamation point character (!) and the word “new” (!New). This article describes how to stop the !New tag from appearing when you create a new entry.

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site (inc. MOSS 2007)

To stop the !New tag from appearing next to new entries on a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Web site, use the Stsadm.exe tool to change the “Days to Show New Icon” property to zero.

To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.

Type the following commands, and then press ENTER after each command:

cd /d %programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\BIN

stsadm.exe -o setproperty -pn days-to-show-new-icon -pv 0 -url [Your Virtual Server's URL]

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The problem is probably that the GUID of the new site youre trying to restore is the same as an existing site in the content database. Either delete the existing site or I would imagine you could restore to a diffrent content database although I havnt verified this.

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GLOBAL#0 = Global template

STS#0 = Team Site

STS#1 = Blank Site

STS#2 = Document Workspace

MPS#0 = Basic Meeting Workspace

MPS#1 = Blank Meeting Workspace

MPS#2 = Decision Meeting Workspace

MPS#3 = Social Meeting Workspace

MPS#4 = Multipage Meeting Workspace

CENTRALADMIN#0 = Central Admin Site

WIKI#0 = Wiki Site

BLOG#0 = Blog

BDR#0 = Document Center

OFFILE#0 = Records Center

OFFILE#1 = Records Center

OSRV#0 = Shared Services Administration Site

SPS#0 = SharePoint Portal Server Site

SPSPERS#0 = SharePoint Portal Server Personal Space

SPSMSITE#0 = Personalization Site

SPSTOC#0 = Contents area Template

SPSTOPIC#0 = Topic area template

SPSNEWS#0 = News Site

CMSPUBLISHING#0 = Publishing Site

BLANKINTERNET#0 = Publishing Site

BLANKINTERNET#1 = Press Releases Site

BLANKINTERNET#2 = Publishing Site with Workflow

SPSNHOME#0 = News Site

SPSSITES#0 = Site Directory

SPSCOMMU#0 = Community area template

SPSREPORTCENTER#0 = Report Center

SPSPORTAL#0 = Collaboration Portal

SRCHCEN#0 = Search Center with Tabs

PROFILES#0 = Profiles

BLANKINTERNETCONTAINER#0 = Publishing Portal

SPSMSITEHOST#0 = My Site Host

SRCHCENTERLITE#0 = Search Center

SRCHCENTERLITE#1 = Search Center

SPSBWEB#0 = SharePoint Portal Server BucketWeb Template

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