Here is a good article on backup with stsadm. http://geeksconnected.com/muhanad/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=a7ec315d-5ab3-4 0ad-9a21-748fc9a07ee1 <http://geeksconnected.com/muhanad/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?List=a7ec315d-5ab3- 40ad-9a21-748fc9a07ee1&ID=32> &ID=32
I don't think stsadm backup will include any of the custom solutions and that means you'll need to re-add/deploy the custom solutions again after restoring to another farm. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Noja, Fadi Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Farm Backups [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] We're using AvePoint (http://www.avepoint.com/). It's a easy to use product and you can do item level restores etc. Not sure though if you want to buy software or use out of the box SharePoint. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendan Law Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Farm Backups I generally recommend a full SharePoint Server back-up (System and Data partitions/Virtual hard disk file) and SQL database maintenance plans (transaction logs hourly, user databases daily, system databases weekly and the a daily clean up task). I've never put all that much trust in the stsadm backups. - Brendan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Noone Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2009 12:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Farm Backups I've now been right through every TechNet article on this topic and I am still the none the wiser as to how to perform a "complete" farm backup and in-place restore using built-in tools (read STSADM and MSSQL and, in our case, VM images). I'm trying to develop straight-forward robust solutions for both DR and more general backup/restore requirements. There are two things which I would still dearly love clarified: Deleting existing site collections before restoring in-place o This takes one helluva leap of faith. o Is this absolutely required and why? o Is there an alternative solution? Custom solutions o Does any sort of farm-level backup include the solution store? o If so, is it recommended to include this? o The only other option of redeploying every solution again seems a bit painful. Still looking for a definitive, step-by-step guide to performing these tasks. I appreciate that there is probably no one-click solution available. If there is, we certainly can't afford it (R1, AvePoint?). But if anyone has developed/found one and is willign to share, please let me know! Kind regards, Paul _____ Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: <http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss> http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: <http://www.codify.com/lists> http://www.codify.com/lists _____ This email is intended for the named recipient only. The information contained in this message may be confidential, or commercially sensitive. If you are not the intended recipient you must not reproduce or distribute any part of the email, disclose its contents to any other party, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender immediately and please delete this message completely from any systems. Confidentiality and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery to you. _____ Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: <http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss> http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: <http://www.codify.com/lists> http://www.codify.com/lists _____ Support procedure: https://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: <http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss> http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: <http://www.codify.com/lists> http://www.codify.com/lists -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Support procedure: http://www.codify.com/lists/support List address: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] List FAQ: http://www.codify.com/lists/ozmoss Other lists you might want to join: http://www.codify.com/lists
