Restoring individual SharePoint items from full database backups
You can restore individual sites, subsites, documents, images, and list items from the full SharePoint database backup jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology (GRT).
Note:
Granular recovery of the SharePoint Central Administration web site and the Shared Services Administration web site is not supported.
Note:
When you restore an item, it is safe to ignore certain bprd errors in the Activity Monitor similar to the following:
7/12/2007 11:01:39 AM - Error bpdm (pid=2928) did not receive EXIT STATUS from bprd, all blocks may not have been restored
Instead, rely on the final status that is reported in the Activity Monitor to determine the true success or failure of the restore operation.
To restore individual SharePoint items from full database backups
- Enable the SharePoint front-end Web server to restore to the SQL hosts in the farm.
- Log on as Administrator.
- Open the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface.
- Choose File > Select Files and Folders to Restore > from Normal Backup.
- Select the MS-SharePoint policy type.
- Click OK.
NetBackup browses for SharePoint Server backup images.
- From the NetBackup History pane, select the full backup image that contains the items you want to restore.
- In the All Folders pane, expand Microsoft SharePoint Resources.
Note:
When you select items to restore, do not check the checkbox for an item in the All folders pane. Only check the checkbox for an item in the Contents of pane.
- In the Contents of pane, select the item(s) to restore.
Note that security information is restored only if you select a parent folder and not when you select individual items. For example, security information is restored when you select Shared Documents, but not if you select an individual document. However, an individual object can have the user permissions that are defined with a level of "limited access." In this case, permissions for those users are not restored with that object.
The following image shows a SharePoint 2010 restore.
- Choose Actions > Restore.
- In the Restore Marked Files dialog box, click the Microsoft SharePoint tab.
- Choose your restore options, as follows:
If versioning is enabled on the restore destination
Select one of the following options:
Add as a new version
NetBackup restores the existing item as a new version, making it the most recent version of the existing item.
Skip if the item exists
NetBackup does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. NetBackup notes that the file was skipped in the job log.
Restore over existing items
NetBackup restores the existing item as a new version and deletes the existing version.
If versioning is not enabled on the restore destination
Select one of the following options:
Skip if the item exists
NetBackup does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. NetBackup notes that the file was skipped in the job log.
Restore over existing items
NetBackup replaces the existing item with the restored item.
Restore only the most recent version of an item
Check this option if you only want to restore the most recent versions of any individual items you have selected for restore.
Include security information
Check this option if you want to restore the SharePoint security information that is attached to the items you restore.
- Select the other restore options you want.
- Click Start Restore.
