sharepoint 2007 Migrating content

the situation is  :

I have two boxes; web01 and web02 (Win2K3/MOSS 2007). Both boxes use an SQL box sql01 for their databases.

Web02 is going to be decommissioned, and required content needs to be migrated over to web01.

I am doing the easy stuff first like copying lists etc over as templates.

The tricky part is the document management system (DMS) that exists on web02. I need to copy the content including metadata to a new site on web01,

update the CT and metadata, and then decommission web02 and commission the new site on web01.

the best way to do this.

1. Backup the DMS website (on Web02) through SharePoint Designer (our DMS was a Document Center Website)

2. Create a empty site on Web01

3. Restore the backup on the newly created empty site on Web01, again using SharePoint Designer

It worked nice for me…hope it helps