Restoring the SharePoint Search Service Application
The following instructions describe how to restore the Shared Services Application. Select all of the components of the Search Service application for recovery. The SharePoint Agent un-provisions the Search service application, restores the components, and recovers the Search service application.
To restore the SharePoint Search Service Application
- Open the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
- Open a Restore window.
- Select the full backup that contains the shared services.
- In the All Folders pane, expand Microsoft SharePoint Resources > Shared Services > Shared Services Applications.
- Select each Index Files folder for restore as follows:
Note:
For a successful restore, you must select the Index Files folders exactly as described here.
In the All Folders pane, click on the folder for the Shared Services Application but do not select the checkbox for it.
In the Contents of pane, select each Index Files folder.
- Select each Shared Services database for restore as follows:
Note:
For a successful restore, you must select the databases exactly as described here.
In the All Folders pane, click on the folder for the Shared Services database but do not select the checkbox for it.
In the Contents of pane, select the Shared Services database.
- Choose Actions > Restore.
- In the Restore Marked Files dialog box, click the Microsoft SharePoint tab.
- Uncheck Bring restored databases online and reconnect previous database links.
- Click Start Restore.
- Restore any incremental backups. Do not select Bring restored databases online and reconnect previous database links except for the last incremental backup.
