SharePoint 2013 - Backup - Restore Managed Metadata from one farm to another

Below Powershell script can be used to back up and restore the terms from one sharepoint farm to another in sharepoint 2013.


For BackUp #Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell

$mmsAppId= "Pass GUID- refer the first screen shot below to get the guid"

$mmsproxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy -Identity  "GUID- refer the second screen shot for getting the guid "

Export-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData -Identity $mmsAppId -ServiceProxy $mmsproxy -Path "C:\path\FileName.cab"


For Restore

move the  FileName.cab file to the new server.

Use the below PowerShell commands.

$mmsAppId= "GUID- refer the first screen shot to get the guid"

$mmsproxy = Get-SPServiceApplicationProxy -Identity  "GUID- refer the second screen shot for getting the guid "

Import-SPMetadataWebServicePartitionData -Identity $mmsAppId -ServiceProxy $mmsproxy -Path "C:\.\FileName.cab" -OverwriteExisting;

 

Screen Shot1:-Please get the guid from the circled section of the below sccreen

Screen Shot2:-You can get the guid from  highlighted section of the the pop up from below screen shot