Restoring SharePoint data from a VMware backup
SharePoint data is restored from a VMware backup in the same manner that it is restored from a backup that is performed with the SharePoint Agent. Though you use a VMware policy type to back up the data, you still use the MS-SharePoint policy type for the restore. NetBackup displays the SharePoint data in the VMware backup image that is available for restore.
When you perform a granular restore of SharePoint from multiple VMware application-aware backup images, browse and restore from one image at a time.
Note:
NetBackup only supports full VMware backups that protect SharePoint. In a VMware environment, you cannot restore NetBackup for SharePoint (MS-SharePoint) differential restores.
To restore SharePoint data from a VMware backup
- For the policy type, select MS-SharePoint.
- For the source client, select the name of the SharePoint front-end server.
Select the server that is listed first alphabetically in the list of front-end servers.
Even if SharePoint components exist on multiple computers, all the backups are cataloged under the same SharePoint server name. Once you select that server name, all available backup images for your SharePoint environment are displayed.
- Follow the instructions for a SharePoint restore from a non-VMware environment.
See About restores of SharePoint Server and SharePoint Foundation.