Replicator 7.4 - Advanced Installation Guide

Backing Up the SharePoint Environment

Before installing Metalogix Replicator, we strongly recommend making a complete backup of your SharePoint environment. This backup should include any content and configuration databases, web server extensions, custom library files, and IIS settings.

For more information on these steps, see the Microsoft SharePoint documentation.

Ensuring SharePoint Servers have Identical Customizations

Ensure that the identical versions of any SharePoint customizations are deployed to both SharePoint farms. Customizations can include custom web parts, solutions, event receivers, web services, site definitions, and list definitions.

For more information on these steps, see the Microsoft SharePoint documentation or the documentation for the customizations.

Migrate content databases from Windows Internal Database to an instance of SQL Server

If you have installed SharePoint with an internal database, you must reinstall SharePoint to have an external database. Please see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc287738.aspx for installation information.  

Network Share

Replicator requires a network share to be set up, especially if Replicator will be installed on multiple web front ends. All servers on the farm must have access to the share in order for Replication to work. You can either manually create a network share, or allow the configuration wizard help you create one.