Restoring SharePoint data from a VMware backup
SharePoint data is restored from a VMware backup in the same manner that it is restored from a backup that is performed with the SharePoint Agent. Though you use a VMware policy type to back up the data, you still use the MS-SharePoint policy type for the restore. NetBackup displays the SharePoint data in the VMware backup image that is available for restore.
When you perform a granular restore of SharePoint from multiple VMware application-aware backup images, browse and restore from one image at a time.
To restore SharePoint data from a VMware backup
- Log on to the server as Administrator.
- Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
- Click File > Specify NetBackup Machines and Policy Type.
- From the Server to use for backups and restores list, select the NetBackup server that performed the restore.
- From the Source client for restores list, select the name of the SharePoint front-end server.
Select the server that is listed first alphabetically in the list of front-end servers.
Even if SharePoint components exist on multiple computers, all the backups are cataloged under the same SharePoint server name. Once you select that server name, all available backup images for your SharePoint environment are displayed.
- For the Policy type for restores, select MS-SharePoint.
- Follow the instructions for a SharePoint restore from a non-VMware environment.
See About restores of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation.