About backup policies for disaster recovery of SharePoint Server
To provide for full disaster recovery of SharePoint Server, you must create a farm-level backup and a Windows backup of certain file system components. The Windows backup should include the file system where SharePoint Web Parts can be installed and System State directive (Shadow Copy Components). A backup of the System State protects the IIS metadata.
You can create backup policies for disaster recovery of a SharePoint in one of following ways:
Create a policy and an policy. The first policy backs up the entire farm, but excludes the Index Files and Search databases from incremental backups. The second policy backs up the components that reside outside of SharePoint.
See Table: NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup for disaster recovery.
Optionally, you can create another policy if you want to back up the Index Files and Search databases more frequently.
Create two policies and an policy. One SharePoint policy backs up the entire farm and excludes the Index Files and Search from full and incremental backups. The other SharePoint policy backs up the Index Files and Search databases. The policy backs up the components that reside outside of SharePoint. See Table: NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup for disaster recovery, with a separate policy for Index Files and Search databases.
Table: NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup for disaster recovery
Policy and policy type | Backup selections | Auto backup frequency | Enable granular recovery | Other configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy A MS- SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\* | Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude the Index Files and Search databases from the incremental backups. For the incremental schedule, add the following directive to the exclude list: Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name |
Policy B MS-Windows | Shadow Copy Components:\ ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES |
Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude any databases from this policy. Add the paths for any databases to the exclude list. |
(Optional) Policy C MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name | More than once a week | No |
This policy is optional. If a weekly full backup does not provide adequate protection, adjust the schedule accordingly. Ensure that Policy A and Policy C run at different times. Ideally these policies should run on different days. |
Table: NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup for disaster recovery, with a separate policy for Index Files and Search databases
Policy and policy type | Backup selections | Auto backup frequency | Enable granular recovery | Other configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy A MS- SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\* | Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude the Index Files and Search databases from the full and the incremental backups. Add the following directive to the exclude list: Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name |
Policy B MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name | Weekly Full | No |
If a weekly full backup does not provide adequate protection, adjust the schedule accordingly. |
Policy C MS-Windows | Shadow Copy Components:\ ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES |
Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude any databases from this policy. Add the paths for any databases to the exclude list. |