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Rapid Recovery 6.1.2 - DocRetriever for SharePoint User Guide

Introduction to DocRetriever for SharePoint Installing and configuring DocRetriever
System requirements Supported items Roadmap for installing DocRetriever for SharePoint Obtaining DocRetriever installation software Guidelines for upgrading DocRetriever for SharePoint Setting up Windows user accounts for use with DocRetriever Installing, uninstalling, and repairing DocRetriever for SharePoint Creating a local service database for DocRetriever Configuring DocRetriever Console settings Manually specifying the SharePoint database location
Recovering SharePoint data with DocRetriever Working with DocRetriever log files About us Glossary

Specifying database locations in a mounted recovery point

If you are opening your SharePoint farm from a mounted recovery point, follow this procedure to manually specify location of the SharePoint database.

1.
From the DocRetriever Console, from the File menu, select Open and then click Recovery Point Location, and open the appropriate recovery point containing a snapshot of the SQL Server for your SharePoint database.
The Open from a Mounted Recovery Point Wizard appears.
2.
From the Agent Login page of the wizard, enter the appropriate port and SharePoint front-end server, and then click Verify.
Your credentials are validated.
3.
From the Agent Login page of the wizard, click Next.
The Farm Topology page of the wizard appears.
4.
From the Farm Topology page of the wizard, click Next.
The Recovery Points page of the wizard appears.
5.
From the Recovery Points page of the wizard, click Add.
The Browse for Folder dialog box appears.
6.
From the Browse for Folder dialog box, navigate to the directory that contains the SharePoint database. By default, this directory is the DATA folder within the appropriate instance of SQL Server. Select the folder and click OK.
The Browse for Folder dialog box closes and you have completed the task.

Specifying database locations in a local SharePoint farm

If you are opening your SharePoint farm from a local directory, follow this procedure to manually specify the location of the SharePoint configuration database.

1.
From the DocRetriever Console, from the File menu, select Open and then click Recovery Source.
The Open Recovery Source dialog box appears.
2.
From the Recovery source type drop-down menu, select Farm.
3.
In the Configuration database path field, click the ellipsis (…) and navigate to the location of the offline SharePoint farm containing the SharePoint configuration database.
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NOTE: By default, the SharePoint configuration database is named SharePoint_Config. It is also possible that SharePoint administrator changed the configuration database name.
The Select Farm Configuration Database dialog box appears.
4.
Click the SharePoint configuration database name to select it, and then click Open.
The Select Farm Configuration Database dialog box closes, and you have completed the task.

Specifying the locally stored content database

If you are opening your content database from a local directory, follow this procedure to manually specify the location of the content database.

1.
From the DocRetriever Console, from the File menu, select Open and then click Recovery Source.
The Open Recovery Source dialog box appears.
2.
From the Recovery source type drop-down menu, select Content database.
3.
In the Content database path field, click the ellipsis (…) and navigate to the location of the content database.
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NOTE: By default, the content database is named WSS_Content. It is also possible that SharePoint administrator changed the content database name.
The Select Content Database dialog box appears.
4.
Click the SharePoint content database name to select it, and then click Open.
The Select Content Database dialog box closes, and you have completed the task.

Recovering SharePoint data with DocRetriever

Overview of SharePoint structure hierarchy
About restore directions for recovered data
Roadmap for recovering SharePoint data
Mounting recovery points
Managing recovery points
Using the Local Mount Utility for DocRetriever
Opening recovery points in DocRetriever
Opening SharePoint recovery sources in DocRetriever
Searching for files within the DocRetriever Console
Recovering SharePoint data

This section describes how to recover data with DocRetriever for SharePoint.

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