Move a Site Collection to a Different Content Database
Scenario/Problem: You want to move a particular site collection to a different content database.
Solution: Use the Move-SPSite cmdlet.
The Move-SPSite cmdlet enables you to easily move a site collection from one content database to another. All that is needed to execute this cmdlet is the site collection identity and the destination database name. Listing 8.17 shows a sample command line.
Listing 8.17. Moving a Site Collection to a Different Content Database
Move-SPSite -Identity "http://sp2013/sites/sitecol"-DestinationDatabase "WSS_CONTENT_TEAMSITES"
You do not need to provide the originating database because no parameter exists for that anyway. The destination database must already ...
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