NetBackup™ for Microsoft SharePoint Server Administrator's Guide

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Product(s): NetBackup (10.2)
  1. Introducing NetBackup for SharePoint Server Server
    1.  
      About NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    2.  
      Features of NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    3.  
      SharePoint Server backup operations
    4.  
      SharePoint Server restore operations
    5.  
      Limitations on SharePoint Server backups and restores
    6.  
      NetBackup File System Daemon
  2. Installing NetBackup for SharePoint Server Server
    1.  
      Planning the installation of NetBackup for SharePoint Server
    2.  
      Verifying the operating system and platform compatibility
    3.  
      NetBackup server and client requirements
    4.  
      SharePoint software requirements
    5.  
      Requirements for installing the SQL Server back-end servers in a cluster
    6.  
      License for NetBackup for SharePoint Server
  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 Server
    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 Server
    5.  
      Configuring the logon account for the NetBackup Legacy Network Service and the NetBackup Legacy Client Service
    6. Configuring SharePoint client host properties
      1.  
        SharePoint properties
      2.  
        Configuring 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 Server 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 Server 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 Server policy
      2.  
        About policy attributes
      3. Adding schedules to a NetBackup for SharePoint Server 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 Server
      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.  
        How the NetBackup Recovery Assistant restores SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      4.  
        Restoring SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation
      5.  
        Restoring the SharePoint Search Service Application
      6.  
        About requirements for restores of individual SharePoint items using Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)
      7.  
        Restoring individual SharePoint items from full database backups
      8.  
        Recovering a SharePoint Web application in a farm with multiple front-end servers
      9.  
        Restoring a deleted SharePoint list
      10.  
        Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint web application within a farm
      11.  
        Redirecting a restore of a SharePoint Web application to another farm
      12.  
        Redirecting the restore of a SharePoint Server Web application content database to an alternate SQL Server instance
  7. Protecting SharePoint Server data with VMware backups
    1. About protecting an application database with VMware backups
      1.  
        Limitations of VMware application backups
      2.  
        Limitations for restores from VMware appplication backups
      3.  
        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 Server debug logging
      1.  
        Enabling the debug logs for a NetBackup for SharePoint Server client automatically
      2.  
        Enabling the debug logging for NetBackup for SharePoint Server manually
      3.  
        Setting the debug level on a NetBackup for SharePoint Server Windows client
      4.  
        Veritas VSS provider logs
    2. About NetBackup status reports
      1.  
        Viewing the progress report of a NetBackup for SharePoint Server 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 Server and client-side deduplication
    8.  
      Troubleshooting VMware backups

Limitations of VMware application backups

Databases are cataloged and protected only for the configurations that are supported for VMware backups. Make sure to store databases on supported storage.

VMware application backups do not support the following policy options and configurations:

  • Consistency checks of the SharePoint Server.

  • SQL Server clusters or SQL Server availability groups.

  • Any SQL Server back-end servers that service multiple SQL Server instances for multiple SharePoint farms.

  • SQL Server databases are not cataloged and backed up if they exist on the following:

    • Any virtual machines that use raw device mapping (RDM).

    • Virtual Machine Disk (vmdk) volumes that are marked as independent.

    • Mount point volumes.

    • Virtual hard disks (VHDs).

    • RAID volumes.

    • ReFS file systems.

    • An excluded Windows boot disk.

  • Any components that reside on a physical computer are not backed up with the VMware backup.