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Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:27:12 +0000

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Comment on Mysterious config database: you can back it up but not restore? by Ilia Sotnikov

Ilia Sotnikov — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:45:26 +0000

This is a great question and I wish I had a good answer for you. As far as I know, currently Microsoft does not officially support restore of a SharePoint farm from VM snapshots, unless ALL snapshots were made when the farm was shut down.

If you have all of your SQL databases backed up and all of your configuration settings documented, the restore process would be (on the high level):
1. Create a new SharePoint farm with a new config database
2. Re-create configuration settings, web apps, service apps, etc.
3. Re-deploy any additional front-end, index and search, application servers as necessary. Run PSCONFIG to add these to the new farm
4. Re-deploy any customization solutions you had
5. Attach your content databases from backup to the new farm

Lots of manual work. For a smaller farm, SharePoint built-in backup and restore allows to save some time and efforts and protects more configuration that SQL backups. For larger farms consider 3rd party tools and/or scripted farm deployment.

Some additional information can be found here http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc261687.aspx (and following the links from this article).

Hope this helps!

Comment on Mysterious config database: you can back it up but not restore? by amy

amy — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 18:04:19 +0000

If I have a VM snapshot of the front-end server and full SQL database backups of all databases with services offline during the backup… how would I restore to the same server? I know that I can connect a new content db and set the config db, but what about the others? Could I just restore everything with SQL with the same names to replace?

Comment on Mysterious config database: you can back it up but not restore? by Ilia Sotnikov

Ilia Sotnikov — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:42:44 +0000

Natalia, glad if this writeup was helpful to you.

It is somewhat a disappointment for me that nothing has really changed in SharePoint 2010 and you still have to jump thru the hoops to restore a SharePoint farm, even when you have a proper farm backup. I guess Microsoft sees that as a low priority for SharePoint team, leaving the space to DPM and partners.

Comment on Mysterious config database: you can back it up but not restore? by Natalia Tsymbalenko

Natalia Tsymbalenko — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:20:35 +0000

Nicely written! Thank you!

Comment on SharePoint 2010 backup presentation from Buckeye SharePoint User Group by sharepoint backup recovery

sharepoint backup recovery — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:47:45 +0000

its a very good solution for sharepoint backup related problems

Comment on How to move a site in MOSS 2007: it’s that simple by Ilia Sotnikov

Ilia Sotnikov — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:40:53 +0000

Just follow the link to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint-server-help/work-with-site-content-and-structure-HA010131723.aspx

Hope this helps.

Ilia

Comment on How to move a site in MOSS 2007: it’s that simple by meifreebith

meifreebith — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:38:17 +0000

“It is a very handy tool for lots routine management tasks, and I am not sure why this is hidden so deep in MOSS. Here you can read more about how to work with Site Content and Structure tool and what else it can do for you.”
Where I have been able to read about this?

Comment on Cannot find document in SharePoint Recycle Bin? by Prashant

Prashant — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:43:19 +0000

Thanks, it helped me…:)

Comment on SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery Guide by Ilia Sotnikov

Ilia Sotnikov — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:51:44 +0000

David, thanks for the note. The software you mention seems to help in the database corruption scenarios. Disaster recovery plan should definitely cover this scenario among many others.