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NetVault Plug-in for SharePoint 11.3 - User Guide

Table of Contents

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

Single Server deployment

Single Server deployment prerequisites

Small Farm deployment

Small Farm deployment prerequisites

Scaled-Out Farm deployment

Scaled-Out Farm deployment prerequisites

Assigning the SP_DATA_ACCESS role for SharePoint 2013 and later

Installing or upgrading the plug-in Removing the plug-in

Configuring the plug-in

Configuring default settings

Backing up data

Defining a backup-and-recovery strategy

Reviewing the available backup methods

Understanding the STSADM-based backup process

Reviewing types

Full Backup Differential Backup Individual Site Collection Extra items to protect

Examples of backup sequences

Performing backups

Selecting data for a backup Setting backup options Finalizing and submitting the job

Understanding the SharePoint restore process

Understanding the available types of restores

Restoring backups in SharePoint

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 the Full Backup Restoring the applicable Differential Backup

Restoring an Individual Site Collection Backup

Using other restore procedures

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

Extra items to protect using NetVault Backup and the Plug-in for FileSystem

Overview Customizations IIS configuration Alternate access mapping Document SharePoint Farm configuration

Troubleshooting

Enabling NetVault Backup Tracing Disabling NetVault Backup Tracing Additional information

Introducing NetVault Backup Plug-in for SharePoint

Introducing NetVault Backup Plug‑in for SharePoint

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NetVault Backup Plug‑in for SharePoint: at a glance

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Feature summary

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Target audience

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Recommended additional reading

NetVault Backup Plug-in for SharePoint: at a glance

NetVault Backup Plug‑in for SharePoint: at a glance

The NetVault Backup Plug‑in for SharePoint (Plug‑in for SharePoint) provides protection from media failure and wide-ranging data corruption. Through a web-based user interface (WebUI) and automated workflow process, the plug-in offers a centralized way to set up, configure, and define backup and restore policies for SharePoint. The plug-in offers a detailed level of control that minimizes downtime by allowing you to restore complete farms, individual web applications, or individual content databases. Through integration with a range of backup devices, your data is protected and stored offsite to meet your disaster-recovery and business-continuity goals.

Key benefits

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Increase confidence when deploying the plug-in: The plug-in eliminates the need to create scripts and is flexible enough to account for many recovery scenarios. Using SharePoint’s STSADM utility, the plug-in offers the flexibility to back up the entire SharePoint Farm, including the configuration database and Shared Services Providers (SSPs) or individual site collections.

The plug-in’s backup features also include:

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Full and Differential Backups while data is online and accessible

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Individual Site Collection backups

By relying on the plug-in to implement your backup policies, you can focus on more critical tasks without risking your ability to recover what is needed if a failure occurs. In addition, an IT manager’s confidence is increased by knowing that SharePoint data is protected.

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Speed up restores to reduce downtime: With Plug‑in for SharePoint, DBAs have minimal involvement when issuing each command required in the recovery process and thus experience faster and more reliable recovery from a range of backup devices. The plug-in also minimizes downtime by offering a detailed level of control that lets you restore complete farms, individual web applications, and individual content databases.

Additional Plug‑in for SharePoint restore-and-recovery features include:

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Full and Differential Restores

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Restores of complete farms, individual web applications, or individual content databases

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Relocation of site collections to an alternate SharePoint Farm

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Disaster recovery to the same or an alternate SharePoint Farm

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Ensure business continuity: With offsite backups being an important part of the data-protection for business-critical applications, the plug-in takes advantage of NetVault Backup’s integration with a range of backup devices. NetVault Backup lets you select which backup device to store the backup on. You can store the backup online in a virtual tape library (VTL). You can also duplicate the job to physical tape libraries shared by multiple SharePoint instances, other propriety databases, or even general backup files.

Plug‑in for SharePoint gives you the confidence that your SharePoint environments are protected and stored offsite for disaster-recovery purposes. At the same time, it frees administrators from being available 24x7 because less-experienced personnel can initiate restores, thus reducing downtime and improving business continuity.

Feature summary

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Full and Differential Backups while data is online and accessible

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Individual Site Collection backups

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Protection down to the site-collection level

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Restores of complete farms, individual web applications, or individual content databases

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Relocation of site collections to an alternate SharePoint Farm

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Disaster recovery to same or alternate SharePoint Farm

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Point-and-click WebUI

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