Introducing NetVault Backup Plug-in for SharePoint
NetVault Backup Plug-in for SharePoint: at a glance
Key benefits
Feature summary
Target audience
Recommended additional reading
Deploying, installing, and removing the plug-in
Deploying the plug-in
Configuring the plug-in
Backing up data
Single Server deployment
Small Farm deployment
Scaled-Out Farm deployment
Assigning the SP_DATA_ACCESS role for SharePoint 2013 and later
Installing or upgrading the plug-in
Removing the plug-in
Defining a backup-and-recovery strategy
Performing backups
Restoring data
Understanding the SharePoint restore process
Restoring backups in SharePoint
Extra items to protect using NetVault Backup and the Plug-in for FileSystem
Validating prerequisites
Selecting data for a restore
Setting restore options
Finalizing and submitting the job
Restarting services
Restoring a single Full Backup,a Full + Differential sequence, or an Individual Site Collection Backup
Restoring a single Full farm Backup
Restoring a Full + Differential farm backup sequence
Restoring an Individual Site Collection Backup
Using other restore procedures
Common tasks
Stopping the SharePoint Search service
Deleting the Search Instance Database
Restarting the SharePoint Search service
Deleting Shared Services in a new deployment
Re-creating the web applications
Deleting content databases
Redeploying solutions
Re-creating Alternate Access Mappings (optional)
Restarting timer jobs
Reactivating features
Restarting IIS
Creating the SharePoint Central Administration Web Site
Configuring the SharePoint Search service
Configuring the SharePoint Search service
Reconfiguring the Index Schedule
Verifying that the Site Collection Administrator matches on the source and alternate
Adding SSP Credentials to the Alternate Server or Farm
Verifying that the Shared Services rights reference the correct administrator
Verifying that the Business Catalog Permissions reference the correct administrator
Validating the Authoritative Pages for Search Settings
Validating the Trusted File location
Restoring to the same server or farm
Restoring SharePoint Search to the same server or farm
Performing a disaster recovery of a Single Server deployment to the same server
Performing a disaster recovery of a Small Farm or Scaled-Out Farm to the same farm
Restoring to an alternate server or farm
Validating prerequisites
Restoring an Individual Site Collection to an alternate farm
Restoring a Web Application to an alternate server or farm
Restoring a SharePoint Search to an alternate server or farm
Restoring a Shared Services Provider to an alternate server or farm
Performing a disaster recovery of a Single Server deployment to an alternate server
Performing a disaster recovery of a Small Farm or Scaled-Out Farm to an alternate farm
Overview
Customizations
IIS configuration
Alternate access mapping
Document SharePoint Farm configuration
Troubleshooting
Restoring data
Understanding the SharePoint restore process
Figure 5. Overview of restore process
Understanding the available types of restores
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Restoring a Single Full farm Backup: The restore of a single Full Backup is seen as a restore sequence by the plug-in. Therefore, certain steps must be followed to restore a single Full Backup and render its recovered data suitable for use by SharePoint. |
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Restoring a Full + Differential farm Backup sequence: Assuming that Full Backups are performed every Sunday at 11:00 p.m. and Differential Backups are performed Monday through Saturday at 11:00 p.m., the day on which recovery is performed determines what backups must be recovered. (For example, if recovery is performed on Tuesday, Sunday's Full Backup and Monday's Differential Backup must be restored. If recovery is performed on Thursday, Sunday's Full Backup followed by Wednesday's Differential Backup must be restored.) After the Full Backup is restored, you would restore the latest Differential Backup. |
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Restoring an Individual Site Collection Backup: When restoring an Individual Site Collection backup, ensure that the web application that the individual site collection belongs to exists. If the web application does not exist, re-create the web applications before you perform the restore. Next, verify that the content databases where the individual site collections are stored have a status of Started in the SharePoint Central Administration utility. After completing these prerequisites, you can restore the applicable backup. |
Restoring backups in SharePoint
A standard restore with the plug-in includes the steps outlined in the following topics.
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IMPORTANT: If appropriate, you have the option using a Full Backup to restore only your web applications. To restore a Full Backup, you must be a member of the Administrators group. If you do not have administrator permissions, you can only restore data from the Web Application for which you do have permission. If you initiate a restore job for which you do not have the applicable permissions, NetVault Backup displays a “Restore Failed” status. The NetVault Backup binary logs list a “SharePoint PowerShell Cmdlet failed” or “STSADM failed” error message. Although the status implies that the restore failed to complete, any data for which you do have the correct permissions is restored. |