Microsoft System Data Protection Manager 2007 – Recovering SharePoint Server

Microsoft System Data Protection Manager 2007 – Recovering SharePoint Server

In this series, I will cover three main sections as follows:

Share Point Recovery -- Restoring the SharePoint at Farm level.

Share Point Recovery -- Restore the Farm to a Network Folder.

Share Point Recovery -- Site recovery on the share point farm itself.

SharePoint Recovery Options using DPM

Data Protection Manager 2007 can be used to protect the data on SharePoint server 2007 and Windows SharePoint services 3.0. DPM can protect the SharePoint at the farm level and can be used for recovering the data at multiple levels like:

·         Farm

·         Content databases

·         Sites

·         Webs/Sub Sites

·         Lists

·         Items/Documents

Share Point Recovery -- Restoring the SharePoint at Farm level.

Please follow the steps given below to restore the complete SharePoint production farm:

1.   Click the Recovery tab.

2.   Expand Data on Disk and Tapes--<Server Name>--MOSS27 and click All Protected SharePoint Data.

3.   In the Recoverable Item list, select SharePoint under the SharePoint Farm

4.   Click Recover

5.   On the Review Recovery Selection page, click Next

6.   On the Select Recovery Type page, point to Recover All SharePoint content and components

7.   Click Next

8.   On the Specify Recovery Options page, click Next

9.   On the Summary page, click Recover

Wait until the status is successful and then click Close

If you have any queries/questions regarding the above mentioned information then please let me know, Thank you