Fix "Missing Event Receivers" issue in SharePoint Migration
During SharePoint 2010 Migration, Preupgradecheck reported the issue of missing Event Receivers:
The following event receiver assembly(s) are referenced by the content, but they are not installed on the web server
So, To resolve this issue we need to two steps:
Step 1: Get the list of location (Lists, Document Libraries) where the particular Event handler is registered:
How to get the locations where event receivers are installed? Simple! Just execute the following STSADM command:
stsadm -o enumallwebs -includeeventreceivers > EventReceivers.txt
Now we got the report. By opening the EventReceivers.txt in Excel, you can examine where that particular event receiver is in use.
We have got the locations now. Next step is un-register them. Here comes the Handy tool: Event Receiver Manager, download it from: http://www.ackermantech.com/utilities/EventHandlerManager.zip.
Navigate to the site from the report, Select the library, and then click "Remove Selected Event Handler" button. That's all!
Another nice utility to help on this issue is: SharePoint Manager http://spm.codeplex.com/
You can use: Event Receiver Manager also. http://speventreceiverman.codeplex.com/
The following event receiver assembly(s) are referenced by the content, but they are not installed on the web server
So, To resolve this issue we need to two steps:- Get all list locations, where a particular event receivers is registered
- Un-register the event receiver from the list/document library.
Step 1: Get the list of location (Lists, Document Libraries) where the particular Event handler is registered:
How to get the locations where event receivers are installed? Simple! Just execute the following STSADM command:
stsadm -o enumallwebs -includeeventreceivers > EventReceivers.txt
Step 2: Un-Register the Event Receivers:
Navigate to the site from the report, Select the library, and then click "Remove Selected Event Handler" button. That's all!
Another nice utility to help on this issue is: SharePoint Manager http://spm.codeplex.com/
You can use: Event Receiver Manager also. http://speventreceiverman.codeplex.com/
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ReplyDeleteHow can we restore this event receivers to migrated site ?
ReplyDeleteIf you have deployed your Event receivers via WSP solution or feature, All you have to do is: Redeploy those solutions and activate features. If your event receiver isn't associated via features, you'll have do do it again either with C# Object model code or with PowerShell. Here are some of my posts to help you:
DeleteAttach Event Receiver to Specific List Programmatically in SharePoint
Add/Remove/Get Event Receivers in SharePoint with PowerShell