Online backup

SharePoint Server objects can be backed up without taking the SharePoint Server offline. SharePoint services and data are available during the backup.

SharePoint Server backup methods

NetBackup supports full and differential-incremental backups of SharePoint.

Tight NetBackup integration

Central administration

You can administer the backup and recovery of multiple SharePoint Server installations from a central location.

Media management

SharePoint Server backups are saved directly to a wide variety of storage devices that NetBackup supports.

Automated backups

Administrators can set up schedules for automatic, unattended backups for local or remote clients across the network. These backups are managed entirely by the NetBackup server from a central location. The administrator can also manually back up the clients. Auto discovery is used for SharePoint Server installations. The topology is read from the SharePoint front-end Web server and the backup selection list is automatically built.

User-directed backups

A user can perform backups of SharePoint Server resources through the Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface on the front-end Web server.

Backups and restores of standalone SharePoint Foundation or Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)

NetBackup can back up and restore standalone installations of SharePoint Foundation or Windows SharePoint Services.

Support for VMware backups that protect SharePoint

VMware backups that protect SharePoint Server provide granular recovery, complete protection of the farm, and protection of the SharePoint components in the Windows files system.

Compression of backups

Compression increases backup performance over the network and reduces the size of the backup image that is stored on the disk or tape. NetBackup does not support compression of the backups that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT).

Encryption

When the Encryption attribute is enabled, the server encrypts the backup for the clients that are listed in the policy. NetBackup does not support encryption of any backups that use GRT.

Restore operations

An administrator who uses the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface can browse SharePoint Server backups and select the ones to restore.

Support for NetBackup Accelerator with VMware backups

NetBackup Accelerator can reduce by up to 90% the time it takes to perform a VMware backup that protects SharePoint. By reducing the backup time, it is easier to perform the VMware backup within the backup window. Accelerator support for SharePoint currently restricts backups to the full schedule type. This restriction also exists for a VMware backup that protects SharePoint without Accelerator.

Restores of individual items and document sets using Granular Recovery Technology (GRT)

When a backup uses GRT, users can restore individual lists, items, and documents sets directly from any full database backup of a Web application. This feature adds an extra step that identifies the items within the database. This step lets you recover individual items later. (Note that you must create a separate backup for the full farm.)

Support for claims-based authentication

Redirected restore

Multi-tenant environments

Backup and recovery of SharePoint Server databases are fully supported in a multi-tenant environment. NetBackup does not support GRT with Microsoft SharePoint Server backups in a multi-tenant SharePoint environment.

Support for any backups that were created with previous NetBackup versions

You can restore the backups that were created with previous versions of NetBackup. However, features in the current release are not supported with any backups that were created with previous versions.