Quota Increment Process For RBS/Non-RBS Enabled SharePoint Farm Using DocAve 6.0

If you would like to increase the quota of a site collection, you need to consider the below cases and recommended solutions.

•  If the Site collection quota request is for 50/100 GB -
  
  
  • You should create a new content database.
  • Move the Site collection to new content database.
    
    
• If the Site collection database has more than the expected site collections -
  
  
• You should create a new content database.
• Move the site collection to new content database.

• If the SQL instance for the Site collection database ihas low space in SQL Server drives -
  
  
• You should create a new content database in a different SQL instance where you have plenty of space.
• Move the site collection to new content database.

Steps for moving the Site collection to new content database for RBS enabled Farm using DocAve 6.0

• Move the Site collection to new content database in the same SQL instance.
  
  
• You need to open AgentToolSP2010MoveStub tool of DocAve 6.
• Run –MoveSPSite command to move the site.
  
  Example
  
  MoveSPSite [Site Collection URL] [DestinationDatabaseName] [SourceRBSProvider] [DestinationRbsProvider]

• Move the Site collection to new content database in a different SQL instance.
  
  
• Take the backup of the site from Source database, using SharePoint Native command.
• Enable RBS and configure rules in the destination database.
• Restore the site in the destination database using SharePoint Native command.