Duplicating sites in share point

Hi,
I'm working on a development sharepoint server and I want to create two seperate copies of the same site.
I originally restored a content database received from a customer and after making a couple of changes to dataset urls and various admin accounts it is working fine.
I now want to create a second copy of this site on the same server.
I've tried creating a new web application and then restoring the content database from a backup of the content database of the site that I want to copy, this doesn't appear to work even if I use the command
stsadm -o addcontentdb -url http://servername/ -databasename dbname -assignnewdatabaseid
This attaches the database but it shows 0 site collections.
I've tried exporting\importing the site (Export-SPWeb -Identity $Site -Path $ExportPath -IncludeUserSecurity). The site is set up ok and all the reports are there, but they don't work.
I've tried changing the dataset url the reports are pointing too but get this error when running my script, or trying to access the report dataset via the website:-
Exception calling "GetItemDataSources" with "1" argument(s): "System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Report Server has encountered a SharePoint error. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.SharePointException:
Report Server has encountered a SharePoint error. ---> Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeCompatibilityException: There is a compatibility range mismatch between the Web server and database "WSS_Content_SEDev_import", and connections to
the data have been blocked to due to this incompatibility..........
I have tried running psconfig and the database does not need upgrading and the account that accesses the report server etc has sufficient permissions.
Can anyone tell me whether there is a way around this, or if there is a problem with the approach I'm taking.
thanks
Sean
Sean

Hi,
thanks for the clarification, that is the conclusion I came to. I have exported and imported but I'm getting this error below when I try to access the reports on the new site.
I've run psconfig and nothing needs upgrading. I've run a trace on the report server database and can see no problem occurring when this happens.
Exception calling "GetItemDataSources" with "1" argument(s): "System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Report Server has encountered a Sh
arePoint error. ---> Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.SharePointException: Report Server has encountered a SharePoint error.
---> Microsoft.SharePoint.Upgrade.SPUpgradeCompatibilityException:
There is a compatibility range mismatch between the Web server and database "WSS_Content_SEDev_import", and connections to the data have been blocked to due to this incompatibility. This can
happen when a content database has not been upgraded to be within the compatibility range of the Web server, or if the database has been upgraded to a higher level
than the web server. The Web server and the database must be upgraded to the same version and build level to return to compatibility range.
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.ReportingService2005Impl.GetItemDataSources(String Item, DataSource[]& DataSources)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.ReportingService2010.GetItemDataSources(String ItemPath, DataSource[]& DataSources)"
At D:\powershell\Set-SSRSDataSourceInfo.ps1:47 char:44
+ $dataSources = $ssrs.GetItemDataSources <<<< ("$($web.url)/$($report.url)");
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DotNetMethodException"
thanks
Sean

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