galvin
Thu Jun 12 13:11:44 CDT 2008
On Jun 12, 12:46=A0pm, "Jarryd" <jar...@community.nospam> wrote:
> Hi Mike, I didn't mentionin SBS 2003 myself. =A0The person who wrote a "no=
ddy"
> guide on the internet that I found and copy/pasted into my last post did. =
=A0I
> currently run Windows Server 2003 SE with WSS 3.0. =A0I have since watched=
the
> webcast on how DPM actually restores this data and it seems that you simpl=
y
> need one server as the recovery farm server (that can even be run on a VM)=
> and this is used to inject the data back in to the content server and upda=
te
> the production farm server. =A0I aslo watched another more up to date webc=
ast
> on DPM. =A0I really like the look of the product. =A0I was going to opt fo=
r the
> Sonicwall CDP 3440i, which I have not yet discounted, but as I use all MS
> products the DPM would appear to be more useful to me. =A0Of course I hvae=
no
> idea what the coset would be as to licencing and hardware required to make=
> it provide the same level of backup capacity so that is my next step.
>
> Are the steps I found only for WSS2.0? =A0If so, oops, sorry.
>
> Thanks again everyone.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jarryd
>
> "Mike Walsh" <englantilai...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:u1qJZbKzIHA.3384@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
>
>
> >I think we all were assuming that when you refered to the "Deleted Items
> >folder" you actually meant the SharePoint recycle bins.
>
> > That in turn meant that we assumed you had either WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007.
>
> > As you mention SBS 2003, can we assume that you actually are using WSS 2=
.0
> > ?
>
> > Mike Walsh
> > WSS FAQ
http://www.wssfaq.com/http://wss.collutions.com
> > no questions by e-mail please
>
> > Jarryd wrote:
> >> Hi Paul,
>
> >> Excellent reply. =A0Thanks. =A0Perhaps I am just being a little paranoi=
d as I
> >> hardly ever (knock on wood) have to reach for the tapes, but one does
> >> have to be careful.
>
> >> I checked out DPM. =A0Looks radical. =A0As for SP it seems as though yo=
u do
> >> still need to have a spare recovery farm to recover a single item. =A0F=
rom
> >> what I understand DPM recovers the entire content database and then
> >> copies the item to the live SP server. =A0Its nice and automated, but I=
did
> >> find this on a web page I googled that offers this level of
> >> backup/restore, but it does require more elbow grease when restoring:
> >> To enable recovery of individual SharePoint files
>
> >> Use the following procedure to schedule a task to enable you to restore=
> >> SharePoint files:
>
> >> 1.Click Start, click Control Panel, click Scheduled Tasks, and then cli=
ck
> >> Add Scheduled Task.
>
> >> 2.Click Next on the first page of the Scheduled Task Wizard.
>
> >> 3.Click Browse, go to %SystemDrive%\Program Files\Common Files\Microsof=
t
> >> Shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin, and then double-click Stsadm.exe.
>
> >> 4.Select how often you want this task to run, and then click Next.
>
> >> 5.Select a time to run the schedule, and then click Next.
>
> >> 6.Enter administrator credentials, and then click Next.
>
> >> 7.Select the Open advanced properties when I click finish check box, an=
d
> >> then click Finish. A dialog box appears.
>
> >> 8.Click the Task tab, and then in the Run box, type
> >> "%SystemDrive%\Program files\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server
> >> extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe" -o backup -url
http://Companyweb-filename
> >> target path -overwrite, where target path is where you save the backup =
of
> >> your internal Web site. You must type the quotation marks. Click OK.
>
> >> After you click OK, a dialog box appears, prompting you to enter
> >> administrator credentials.
>
> >> Note
>
> >> If you do not want a duplicate of your SharePoint database in your
> >> backup, you can exclude the location of the database by using the Backu=
p
> >> Configuration Wizard. Excluding the SharePoint database from your backu=
p
> >> does not allow you to restore a previous version of the database that i=
s
> >> more than one day old.
>
> >> To restore SharePoint files
>
> >> From the server:
>
> >> 1.Click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type "%SystemDrive%\Progr=
am
> >> files\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server
> >> extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe" -o createsiteinnewdb -url
> >>
http://companyweb/sites/RestoredSite-ownerlogin
> >> DOMAIN\administrator -owneremail administra...@DOMAIN.local -databasena=
me
> >> STS_RESTORE, where DOMAIN is your server domain and
> >> administra...@DOMAIN.local is your administrator's e-mail address.
> >> Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.
>
> >> 2.Type "%SystemDrive%\Program files\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web
> >> server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe" -o restore -url
> >>
http://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite-filename target path -overwrite,
> >> where target path is the location where you chose to save your SharePoi=
nt
> >> backup. Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.
>
> >> 3.Open Internet Explorer. In the address bar, type
> >>
http://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite. The site that appears is the same
> >> as your company Web site.
>
> >> 4.In the restored site, navigate to the missing file.
>
> >> 5.Right-click the file, select Save Target As, and then select a locati=
on
> >> to which to save the file.
>
> >> 6.Repeat steps 4 and 5 for all missing files.
>
> >> 7.Open your company Web site, navigate to the location where the missin=
g
> >> files should be, and then on the SharePoint toolbar, click
> >> Upload Document.
>
> >> Note
>
> >> You cannot upload multiple files at the same time using the remainder o=
f
> >> the steps in this procedure. If you have a large number of files to
> >> restore to the same location, click Start, click Server Management, cli=
ck
> >> Internal Web Site, and then click Import Files.
>
> >> 8.Type the path or browse to the location where you saved the file, and=
> >> then on the SharePoint toolbar, click Save and Close.
>
> >> 9.To delete the restored subsite:
>
> >> =A0 a.Click Start, click Server Management, click Internal Web Site, an=
d
> >> then click Central Administration.
> >> =A0 b.Under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure Virtual Serve=
r
> >> Settings.
> >> =A0 c.Click companyweb.
> >> =A0 d.Under Virtual Server Management, click Delete site collection.
> >> =A0 e.Type
http://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite, click OK, and then clic=
k
> >> Delete.
>
> >> 10.To delete the content database:
>
> >> =A0 a.Under Virtual Server Management, click Manage content databases.
> >> =A0 b.Click STS_RESTORE.
> >> =A0 c.Under Remove Content Database, select remove content database, an=
d
> >> then click OK.
> >> =A0 d.Click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type osql -E -S
> >> SERVERNAME\SharePoint -Q "drop database sts_restore", where SERVERNAME =
is
> >> the name of the server running Windows Small Business Server 2003. You
> >> must include the quotation marks. Press ENTER.
>
> >> DPM looks like a really nice tool if you have an all MS network.
> >> Exchange, SQL, SP and your Windows servers and clients all backed up
> >> almost in realtime with baremetal recovery available too. =A0I am curre=
ntly
> >> looking at replacing our standard backup option and this might be a
> >> runner.
>
> >> Cheers,
>
> >> Jarryd
>
> >> <galvin.p...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >>news:d643315e-8000-402a-b0f1-d04fcd4d04a0@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...=
> >> On Jun 12, 6:34 am, "Jarryd" <jar...@community.nospam> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
>
> >>> Can someone please tell me how you restore a single file that is store=
d
> >>> in a
> >>> SharePoint database. I know about the Deleted Items folder, but I am
> >>> more
> >>> concerned about a corrupt file. I would like to move to Sharepoint
> >>> replacing our current shared folders, but I need to know that restorin=
g
> >>> files is achievable without too much effort.
>
> >>> TIA,
>
> >>> Jarryd
>
> >> I would look into a tool like Data Protection Manager for an out-of-
> >> the-box solution to this kind of problem.
>
> >> Inherently, WSS provides a 2-stage recycle bin, but like you say, that
> >> won't necessarily help with corrupt files. =A0Do you have a big problem=
> >> with corrupted files?
>
> >> Versioning could also serve as a sort of backup process, though it's
> >> maybe a little coarse.
>
> >> --Paul Galvin, Conchango
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I mentioned DPM because I saw MSFT present it at a user group meeting
in New Jersey. I blogged about it here, along with some pricing they
quoted at the meeting:
http://paulgalvin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!1CC1EDB3DA=
A9B8AA!975.entry
--Paul G