To recover a SharePoint server (without BMR)

1. Prepare the SharePoint host for restore. Configure it the same as the original host.

   This configuration may involve new hardware and reinstalling the OS, Windows services packs, and the software that is needed to restore SharePoint from backup.

2. Install any prerequisite software and SharePoint.

   This installation includes running the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.

3. Create a new farm configuration database using the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.
4. Open your Web browser and verify that you can access the SharePoint Central Administration pages and that the configuration includes the original farm members.

   Run the Farm Configuration Wizard, if applicable.

5. Configure the NetBackup master server and the SharePoint client hosts so you can restore SharePoint from the backup.
6. From the front-end server open the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
7. Verify that the Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\ are visible.
8. Restore the components of the SharePoint Server in the following order:

   • Web application(s), one at a time

   • Services (State Service database, metadata, and State Service Proxy)

   • Shared Services databases (Service application and metadata), one at a time

   • SharePoint Foundation Help Search (WSS_Search)

   • InfoPath Forms Services (Metadata)

   • Index files

   Shared Services Proxies should not be restored. (When NetBackup restores the Service application it generates new URIs and proxies for the Service application.)

9. Ensure that all the SharePoint and the SQL services are restarted on the SharePoint and the SQL Server, including the IIS service.
10. Use the SharePoint Central Administration, IIS, or the NetBackup Backup, Archive, and Restore interface to browse the Web application sites. Verify that the Web application sites you restored are accessible and were restored properly.