Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SharePoint Server Administrator's Guide

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  1. Introducing NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    1.  
      About NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    2.  
      Features of NetBackup for SharePoint
    3.  
      SharePoint Server backup operations
    4.  
      About the contents of a SharePoint Server backup and a SharePoint Foundation backup
    5.  
      SharePoint Server restore operations
    6.  
      Limitations on SharePoint Server backups and restores
    7.  
      NetBackup File System Daemon
  2. Installing NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for SharePoint
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    4.  
      SharePoint server software requirements
    5.  
      Requirements for installing the SQL Server back-end servers in a cluster
    6.  
      About the license for NetBackup for SharePoint
  3. Installing and configuring NFS for SharePoint Granular Recovery
    1.  
      About installing and configuring Network File System (NFS) for SharePoint Granular Recovery
    2.  
      Requirements for SharePoint Granular Recovery
    3.  
      Configurations that are supported for SharePoint Granular Recovery
    4. About configuring Services for Network File System (NFS)
      1.  
        Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a media server
      2.  
        Enabling Services for Network File System (NFS) on a client
      3.  
        Disabling the Client for NFS on the media server
      4.  
        Disabling the Server for NFS
    5.  
      Configuring a UNIX media server and Windows clients for backups and restores that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
    6.  
      Configuring a different network port for NBFSD
  4. Configuring NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    1.  
      About configuring NetBackup for SharePoint
    2.  
      About a SharePoint non-granular backup vs. a backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
    3. Configuring a SharePoint backup that uses Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
      1.  
        Disk storage units supported with SharePoint Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
      2.  
        Limitations and conditions for restores that use SharePoint Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
    4.  
      Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Client Service for NetBackup for SharePoint
    5.  
      Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service for NetBackup for SharePoint
    6. Configuring SharePoint client host properties
      1.  
        SharePoint properties
      2.  
        Specifying the account that logs on to the SharePoint application server
      3.  
        Configuring local security privileges for the SharePoint Servers
      4.  
        Performing consistency checks with NetBackup for SharePoint backups
      5.  
        Consistency check options for SharePoint Server
    7.  
      Configuring mappings for restores of a distributed applications, clusters, or virtual machines
    8.  
      Reviewing the auto-discovered mappings in Host Management
    9.  
      Performing a manual backup
  5. Configuring NetBackup for SharePoint backup policies
    1.  
      About backup policies for granular backup and recovery of SharePoint Server
    2.  
      About backup policies for SharePoint farm backup and recovery
    3.  
      About backup policies for disaster recovery of SharePoint Server
    4.  
      About VMware backup policies that protect SharePoint Server
    5. About configuring a backup policy for SharePoint
      1.  
        Adding a NetBackup for SharePoint policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3. Adding schedules to a NetBackup for SharePoint policy
        1.  
          About schedule properties
        2.  
          NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup types
      4.  
        Adding clients to a policy
      5. Creating a backup selections list for a SharePoint Server policy
        1.  
          Performing SharePoint backups with multiple data streams
        2.  
          Using wildcards in a SharePoint backup selections list
      6.  
        Configuring exclude lists for SharePoint clients
  6. Performing backups and restores of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
    1. About user-directed backups of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      1.  
        Specifying the server and client for a SharePoint Server backup operation
      2.  
        About backup options for NetBackup for SharePoint
      3.  
        Performing a user-directed backup of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
    2. About restores of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      1.  
        Specifying the server, client, and the policy type for a SharePoint Server restore operation
      2.  
        Restore options for SharePoint Server on the Microsoft SharePoint tab
      3.  
        Restore options for SharePoint Server on the General tab
      4.  
        How the NetBackup Recovery Assistant restores SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      5.  
        Restoring SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      6.  
        Restoring the SharePoint Search Service Application
      7.  
        About requirements for restores of individual SharePoint items using Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
      8.  
        Restoring individual SharePoint items from full database backups
      9.  
        Recovering a SharePoint Web application in a farm with multiple front-end servers
      10.  
        Restoring a deleted SharePoint list
      11.  
        Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint web application within a farm
      12.  
        Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint Web application to another farm
      13.  
        Redirecting the restore of a SharePoint Server Web application content database to an alternate SQL instance
      14.  
        Redirecting individual SharePoint items to a file path (SharePoint 2010)
  7. Protecting SharePoint Server data with VMware backups
    1. About protecting an application database with VMware backups
      1.  
        Limitations of VMware application backups
      2.  
        Installing the Veritas VSS provider for vSphere
    2. About configuring a VMware backup that protects SharePoint Server
      1.  
        Configuring a VMware backup policy to protect SharePoint Server
      2.  
        Configuring the granular proxy host for Federated SharePoint configurations with VMware
    3.  
      Restoring SharePoint data from a VMware backup
  8. Disaster recovery
    1.  
      About disaster recovery of a SharePoint Server
    2.  
      Requirements for disaster recovery of a SharePoint Server
    3.  
      Recovering a SharePoint server (without BMR)
  9. Troubleshooting
    1. About NetBackup for SharePoint debug logging
      1.  
        Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for SharePoint client automatically
      2.  
        Enabling the debug logging for NetBackup for SharePoint manually
      3.  
        Setting the debug level on a NetBackup for SharePoint Windows client
      4.  
        Veritas VSS provider logs
    2. About NetBackup status reports
      1.  
        Viewing the progress report of a NetBackup for SharePoint operation
    3.  
      Restores to different SharePoint service pack or different cumulative update levels
    4.  
      Modified system files or ghost files are not cataloged or restored during a site collection restore
    5.  
      Troubleshooting SharePoint jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
    6.  
      About troubleshooting SharePoint restore operations
    7.  
      About NetBackup for SharePoint and client-side deduplication
    8.  
      Troubleshooting VMware backups and restores of SharePoint Server
  10.  
    Index

Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint Web application to another farm

A Web application restore can be redirected within the same farm or to a different farm. For instructions on how to redirect within a farm, see the following topic:

See Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint web application within a farm.

Note the following when you redirect a Web application to another farm:

  • The Web application target to which you want to redirect the restore must already exist on the specified Web server. It also must have the same number of content databases as the source Web application.

  • The target Web application and SQL database name must have new names (different from original names).

  • The SharePoint version from the source farm must match the SharePoint version of the destination farm.

  • You can only redirect a Web application from a full backup. Redirection is not supported from differential backups.

  • The Web applications must be restored at the database level.

  • The destination SharePoint farm nodes must be in the NetBackup domain.

  • In the host properties for the master server, configure the Distributed Application Restore Mapping settings.

    These settings must contain the mapping for the destination farm. A distributed application must have all the farm nodes of the destination SharePoint farm mapped as components of the source SharePoint front end.

  • The Windows Client Properties for the destination farm nodes must be set for SharePoint for all nodes in the farm.

  • A NetBackup client must be installed on all nodes of the destination farm.

  • You cannot complete a redirected restore if the SQL databases exist across multiple SQL hosts.

  • You must restore all redirected Web application SQL databases in one operation at the same time.

  • You cannot redirect a Web application to the same farm more than once. This restriction ensures SQL database ID uniqueness.

  • The SharePoint version of the source and destination must be the same.

  • The SQL version of the source and destination must be the same.

  • You must manually restore from the MS-Windows backup image any custom Web parts that were created on the file system. These components are not backed up with the MS-SharePoint policy. (For example, you must manually restore C:\inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\port number.)

To redirect a restore of a SharePoint Web application to another farm

  1. Log on as Administrator.
  2. Create the target Web application on the target Web server.
  3. Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
  4. Click File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.
  5. Select the MS-SharePoint policy type.

  6. From the NetBackup History pane, select the full backup image that contains the objects you want to restore.
  7. In the All Folders pane, expand Microsoft SharePoint Resources.

    Note:

    When you select items to restore, do not check the checkbox for an item in the All folders pane. Only check the checkbox for an item in the Contents of pane.

  8. In the Contents of pane, select the Web application to redirect.

    The following image shows a SharePoint 2010 restore.

  9. Click Actions > Restore.
  10. In the Restore Marked Files dialog box, click the Microsoft SharePoint tab.
  11. Check Redirect SharePoint Resources.
  12. Click Web application.
  13. In the URL box, type the URL of the destination site:

    http://webapp:port

    Use the URL that appears in SharePoint Central Administration.

  14. In the Front end web server name box, indicate the host name of the target Web server.

  15. Click Start Restore.

More Information

Specifying the server, client, and the policy type for a SharePoint Server restore operation

Restore options for SharePoint Server on the Microsoft SharePoint tab