This blog post gives you a quick look at how you can export and import SharePoint 2017 or WSS 3.0 sites.
How to do a Sharepoint site export:
With this command, you can export the SharePoint site.
stsadm -o export -url http://sharepointsite -filename c:\backup\sharepointsite.bak -includeusersecurity -versions 4 -nofilecompression
Hot to do a Sharepoint site import:
With this command, you can import the SharePoint site.
stsadm –o import –url http://sharepointsite -filename c:\backup\sharepointsite.bak –includeusersecurity
More information to stsadm:
If you need more command options, check out the help of the stsadm tool.
C:\stsadm -help export
stsadm.exe -o export
-url <URL to be exported>
-filename <export file name>
[-overwrite]
[-includeusersecurity]
[-haltonwarning]
[-haltonfatalerror]
[-nologfile]
[-versions <1-4>
1 - Last major version for files and list items (default)
2 - The current version, either the last major or the last minor
3 - Last major and last minor version for files and list items
4 - All versions for files and list items]
[-cabsize <integer from 1-1024 megabytes> (default: 25)]
[-nofilecompression]
[-quiet]
C:\stsadm -help import
stsadm.exe -o import
-url <URL to import to>
-filename <import file name>
[-includeusersecurity]
[-haltonwarning]
[-haltonfatalerror]
[-nologfile]
[-updateversions <1-3>
1 - Add new versions to the current file (default)
2 - Overwrite the file and all its versions (delete then insert)
3 - Ignore the file if it exists on the destination]
[-nofilecompression]
[-quiet]
