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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SharePoint Server Administrator's Guide
  3. Configuring NetBackup for SharePoint backup policies
  4. About configuring a backup policy for a SharePoint database
  5. Adding schedules to a NetBackup for SharePoint policy
  6. NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup types
Veritas NetBackup™ for Microsoft SharePoint Server Administrator's Guide

NetBackup for SharePoint Server backup types

Table: Description of types of backups describes the type of backups that are available with the SharePoint Agent.

Table: Description of types of backups

Type of Backup

Description

Full Backup

Select this back up type to back up the entire SharePoint component database(s). Granular-level backups must be backed up with a full backup.

A list is available for the objects that support full backups.

See Table: Schedule types supported for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation objects.

User Backup

A user backup is not automatically scheduled and is initiated from the front-end web server. This schedule allows for granular recovery.

You may want a separate policy for User Backup schedule types. With a separate policy, you can easily separate user-directed and scheduled backups when you restore files. If you create a separate policy for User Backup schedule types, the considerations are similar to those for automatic backups. A backup selections list is not needed because users select the files before the backup begins.

Cumulative Incremental backup

This type of backup is not supported for SharePoint Server.

Differential Incremental backup

Select this backup type to only back up the changes that are made to the database since the last full backup or previous incremental backup. You cannot restore individual items from an incremental restore.

A list is available for the objects that support incremental backups.

See Table: Schedule types supported for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation objects.

Note:

The SharePoint Index Files only support full backups. To minimize storage unit space consumption, Veritas recommends that you back up the Index Files and their corresponding Search databases with a different policy.

Note:

Incremental backups are not supported for granular-level backups.

Table: Schedule types supported for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation objects describes the schedule types that are supported for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation objects.

Table: Schedule types supported for SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation objects

SharePoint/SharePoint Foundation objects

Schedule type

Configuration DB

Full backup, Differential Incremental backup

Global Settings

Full backup, Differential Incremental backup

Single Sign-On

Full backup, Differential Incremental backup

Web Application/Content DB/ (including individual document restores)

Full backup

Shared Services/Services DB

Full backup, Differential Incremental backup

Shared Services/Shared Search Index/Index Files

Full backup

Shared Services/Shared Search Index/ Search DB

Full backup

Shared Services/Web App/Content DB

Full backup, Differential Incremental backup

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