About backup policies for granular backup and recovery of SharePoint Server
A SharePoint granular backup provides you with the ability to restore individual items from the backup using Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). This type of backup does not provide protection for the full farm or disaster recovery. GRT only supports full backups. NetBackup lets you create a complete policy for disaster recovery, with all the various types of schedules. However, you cannot restore individual items from an incremental backup.
Note:
The Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\AllWebs directive includes the SharePoint administration sites in a backup. However, granular recovery of the SharePoint Central Administration website and the Shared Services Administration website is not supported.
Create an policy for each individual web application or create a policy with the Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\AllWebs directive. Enable the option in the policy. (See Table: NetBackup for SharePoint policy examples for granular recovery, see Policy A or B.)
Table: NetBackup for SharePoint policy examples for granular recovery
Policy and policy type | Backup selections | Auto backup frequency | Enable granular recovery | Other configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy A MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\AllWebs | Weekly Full | Yes | The backup image must reside on a disk storage unit. |
Policy B MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Web application name | Weekly Full | Yes | The backup image must reside on a disk storage unit. |