How to use the new "renamesite" operation to change the URL of a host-named site collection in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

To obtain the "renamesite" operation, install hotfix 939592. Then, use the "renamesite" operation to change the URL of a host-named site collection to a new URL.

How to obtain the hotfix

For more information about hotfix 939592, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

939592 Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 hotfix package: June 29, 2007

How to use the "renamesite" operation

To change the URL of a host-named site collection to a new URL, use the following syntax for the "renamesite" operation at a command prompt: For example, an Stsadm.exe command-line command for the "renamesite" operation resembles the following command: Notes

• The site collection will remain in the same Web application and content database after the change.
• Make sure that the new URL is reachable in the Web application. This includes the protocol scheme, the host name, and the port number.
• The new host-named site collection URL must not already be used as an Alternate Access Mappings URL.
• You cannot use this tool to convert a host-named site collection to a path-based site collection or to convert a path-based site collection to a host-named site collection.
• This tool does not work with a path-based site collection.

For more information about the Stsadm.exe command-line tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site: