Backup in SharePoint 2010
Basically
there are 3 types of backup methods used in SharePoint server 2010
·
Using Windows PowerShell
·
Using SharePoint 2010 Central Admin
·
Using SQL server
Use Windows PowerShell to back up
a farm in SharePoint
You can use
Windows PowerShell to back up the farm manually or as part of a script that can
be run at scheduled intervals.
1.
Click on the Start menu
2.
Click All Programs.
3.
Click Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products.
4.
Click SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.
5.
At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following
command:
Backup-SPFarm -Directory
<BackupFolder> -BackupMethod {Full | Differential} [-Verbose]
Use Central Administration to back
up a farm in SharePoint
You can use
Central Administration to back up the farm.
1.
In Central Administration, on the Home page > Backup and
Restore > Perform a backup.
2.
On the Perform a Backup — Step 1 of 2: Select Component to
Back Up page, select the farm from the list of components, and then click next.
3.
On the Start Backup — Step 2 of 2: Select Backup Options
page, in the Backup Type section, select either Full
or Differential.
4.
In the Back Up Only Configuration Settings > Back up content and configuration
settings.
5.
In the Backup File Location section, type the UNC path of
the backup folder, and then click Start Backup.
6.
You can view the general status of all backup jobs at the top of
the Backup and Restore Status page in the Readiness section.
You can view the status for the current backup job
7.
in the lower part of the page in the Backup
section. The status page updates every 30 seconds automatically. You can
manually update the status details by clicking Refresh. Backup
and recovery are Timer service jobs. Therefore, it may take several seconds for
the backup to start.
Use SQL Server tools to back up a
farm in SharePoint
Using SQL
server you can back up site content DB only, this is not useful when we have to
take a full farm backup.
1.
Open SQL Server Management
Studio
2. Connect to
the database server.
3.
Expand Databases
4.
Right-click the database that you want to back up, point to Tasks,
and then click Back Up.
5.
In the Back Up Database dialog box, in the Source
area, select the kind of backup that you want to perform from the Backup type
list.
6.
In the Backup component > Database.
7.
Either use the default name provided or specify a name for the
backup set in the Name text box.
8.
Specify the expiration date for the backup set. This date
determines how long, or when, the backup set can be overwritten by any later
backups that have the same name. By default, the backup set is set to never
expire (0 days).
9.
In the Destination area, specify where you want to store
the backup.
10. Click OK
to back up the database.
11. Repeat steps
1-10 for each farm database.
Ref: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee428316.aspx
