Restore options for SharePoint Server on the Microsoft SharePoint tab
On this tab you can choose to bring databases online after a restore job. You can also specify a different location to which to redirect a web application. The farm and the web application to which you want to redirect the restore must already exist.
Table: Microsoft SharePoint tab
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| Select this option to bring the databases online after a restore job. This option also re-establishes the link between the restored databases and their corresponding web applications. |
If the website and the application pool for the SharePoint web application that you restore already exists in IIS, this option preserves them during restore. If you do not check this option, the website and the application pool are deleted from IIS during the restore. After they are deleted, they are recreated in the default location that SharePoint specifies. | |
If versioning is enabled on the destination to which you want to restore an individual item or document, select one of the following options:
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If versioning is not enabled on the destination to which you want to restore an individual item, select one of the following options:
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Check this option to only restore the most recent version of an item. Note that NetBackup restores the most recent version of the versions you selected for restore. If a more recent version exists, but you did not select it for restore that version is not restored. | |
Check this option to restore any applicable security information with the item. Note that security information is restored only if you select a parent folder and not when you select individual items. For example, security information is restored when you select Shared Documents, but not if you select an individual document. However, an individual object can have user permissions that are defined with a level of "limited access." In this case, permissions for those users are not restored with that object. You can restore different levels of security based on the SharePoint item you restore:
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| Check this option to redirect a Web application. Then select one of the following: |
| Select this option to redirect a Web application to another Web application.
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Note: Select only one database to redirect. If you select multiple databases, all databases are written to the target database. Select this option to redirect a web application to an alternate SQL instance. In the box, indicate the name of the target SQL Server and the target instance name. In the box, indicate the name of the target database. |