In this blog you will see how to attach the existing SharePoint content database to the target web application in SharePoint 2013.
I was working on the migration from SharePoint 2010 to SharePoint 2013. I want to add the SharePoint 2010 content database to the target web application, when I tried to add the existing content database through Central Administration I was getting the following error.![]()
We can attach the existing SharePoint Content Database to the target web application using Mount-SPContentDatabase, this cmdlet upgrades automatically the content database if it detects that there is a mismatch with the version of the farm
Mount-SPContentDatabase "SharePointMigration_cf6b1e7d853843749114260cc64d4daa" -DatabaseServer “C4968397007" -WebApplication http://C4968397007:20130
- “SharePointMigration_cf6b1e7d853843749114260cc64d4daa” is the name of the database.
- “C4968397007” is the name of the database server.
- “http://c4968397007” is the public URL for the web application.
Note: Make sure you have required memberships to perform this activity.