SharePoint Backup and Restore Resources
This paper has been long in coming and I think they nailed it. Announcing a new whitepaper...
Data protection and recovery for Office SharePoint Server in small to medium deployments
This downloadable white paper explains how administrators managing small-to-medium-size deployments can protect and recover data. It describes data recovery tools and procedures from the item level to the farm level.
Author: Bruno Lancelaeux a Sr. Consultant from OBS.
Although the initial target for this paper was small to medium, the disaster recovery strategies and thoroughness of this 40 page paper including the best information out there on recovering an SSP, recovering any given server in the farm with step by step instructions.
Again, don't let the name fool you. This is the best content that exists on the topic. Sure there might be more info on mirroring elsewhere, but you really need to understand this content to create your baseline. The name also implies we have more to give you, which is true as well.
In addition to the Backup/Restore Paper being out the other huge announcement around backup is the RTM of Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM 2007). Expect to see a lot more information about protecting your SharePoint Servers with DPM 2007 as the team releases detailed whitepapers on backing up your farms and restoring entire farms, databases, lists, and items on a recovery server. Very reasonably priced as well.
Backup/Restore Paper TOC:
Executive summary
Levels of data recovery in Office SharePoint Server 2007
Content recovery
Versioning
Recycle Bin
Site recovery
Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture feature 1.0 (Web Delete event)
SQL Server database snapshots
Disaster recovery
Office SharePoint Server components
Binary files
Configurations
Customizations
Content
Tools for backing up Office SharePoint Server
Built-in backup and recovery tools
SQL Server backup and recovery
Windows Server 2003 Backup tool
IIS metabase documentation
Components and backup tools
Planning your disaster recovery strategy
Determine likely recovery scenarios
Recommended backup standards
How to perform content recovery, site recovery, and disaster recovery tasks
Content recovery
Versioning
Recycle Bin
Site recovery
Use Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to back up a Web site
Use Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to restore a Web site
Use Microsoft IT Site Delete Capture 1.0 to capture and restore deleted Web sites
Create and view a database snapshot of an Office SharePoint Server content database
Disaster recovery
Backup procedures
Recovery
Joel Oleson
