About backup policies for SharePoint farm backup and recovery
A farm-level backup provides a complete backup of the SharePoint installation. It does not, however, provide for disaster recovery, as some components must be backed up with an policy. Granular recovery is not available from this type of backup. If you enable granular recovery with this policy, NetBackup backs up only SQL Server objects in the farm.
You can back up a SharePoint farm in one of following ways:
Create a policy to back up the entire farm, but exclude the Index Files and Search databases from incremental backups. Optionally, you can create another policy if you want to back up the Index Files and Search databases more frequently. See Table: NetBackup for SharePoint policy example for full farm backups.
Create two policies. One policy backs up the entire farm and excludes the Index Files and Search from full and incremental backups. The other policy backs up the Index Files and Search databases. See Table: NetBackup for SharePoint full farm backup, with separate policy for Index Files and Search databases.
Table: NetBackup for SharePoint policy example for full farm backups
Policy and policy type | Backup selections | Auto backup frequency | Enable granular recovery | Other configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy A MS- SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\* | Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude the Index Files and Search databases from the incremental backups. For the incremental schedule, add the following directive to the exclude list: Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name |
(Optional) Policy B MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name | More than once a week | No |
This policy is optional. If a weekly full backup does not provide adequate protection, adjust the schedule accordingly. Ensure that Policy A and Policy B run at different times, ideally on different days. |
Table: NetBackup for SharePoint full farm backup, with separate policy for Index Files and Search databases
Policy and policy type | Backup selections | Auto backup frequency | Enable granular recovery | Other configuration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Policy A MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\* | Weekly Full Daily Incremental | No | Exclude the Index Files and Search databases from the full and the incremental backups. Add the following directive to the exclude list: Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name |
Policy B MS-SharePoint | Microsoft SharePoint Resources:\Shared Services\Shared Services Applications\Search Service Application name | Weekly Full | No |
If a weekly full backup does not provide adequate protection, adjust the schedule accordingly. |