SharePoint Server backup operations
You can use the NetBackup for SharePoint Server agent to back up the entire SharePoint Server farm or individual components. NetBackup provides the following methods to perform backups:
For general information on backup methods in NetBackup, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.
The NetBackup administrator can schedule the backups that occur automatically and unattended under the control of the NetBackup server. The following types of automatic backups are available:
Full schedule | The entire contents in the backup selections list are backed up. |
Differential incremental | Only the contents that have been added or changed since the previous full or incremental are included in the backup. |
Manual backup may be used for special events. A manual backup includes all the items in the backup selections list of the policy you selected for backup.
User directed backups require a User Backup schedule to be defined on a SharePoint policy on the NetBackup server. A user-directed backup includes the entire contents of the items that are selected for backup. This type of backup is only supported from the SharePoint application host, not on other hosts where only SharePoint objects are present.