Dell PowerVault DP600 - Manual (Page 82)

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How to Recover a Windows SharePoint Services Farm
How to Recover a Windows SharePoint Services Site
How to Recover a Windows SharePoint Services Item
How to Recover a Windows SharePoint Services Farm
To recover a Windows SharePoint Serfvices farm, the recovery destination must meet the
following requirements:
• The front-end Web servers are configured the same as they were when the recovery point
was created.
• The farm structure must be created on the front-end Web server; the farm data will be
recovered to the existing structure.
• The instances of SQL Server are configured with the same names used when the recovery
point was created.
To recover farm data to a functioning farm
1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Recovery on the navigation bar.
2. In the Protected data pane, expand the server that contains the farm you want to
recover, and then click All Protected SharePoint Data.
The farm displays in the Recoverable item pane as server name\farm name.
3. Use the calendar and Recovery time menu to select a recovery point.
4. In the Recoverable item pane, click the farm item.
5. Click Recover in the Actions pane.
6. Complete the wizard.
To recover farm data when the protected farm is unavailable
1. Create a new farm that uses the same instance of SQL Server and the same front-end
Web server as the original protected farm.
2. On the front-end Web server that DPM used to protect the original farm, register the
Windows SharePoint Services VSS Writer service (WSS Writer service) by running the
following command at a command prompt:
stsadm -o registerwsswriter
3. On the DPM server, in DPM Administrator Console, click Recovery on the navigation
bar.
4. In the Protected data pane, expand the server that contains the farm you want to
recover, and then click All Protected SharePoint Data.
The farm displays in the Recoverable item pane as server name\farm name.
5. Use the calendar and the Recovery time menu to select a recovery point.