HP Data Protector best practices for backing up and restoring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

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Combining Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
VSS based solution and VDI based integration
Environment description
• A SharePoint farm of arbitrary size
• You need to back up the entire Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 farm. You can run zero downtime
backup (ZDB) and instant recovery (IR) sessions. For details, see the HP Data Protector Zero Downtime
Backup Integration Guide. Also, you can perform disaster recovery (DR). For details, see HP Data
Protector Disaster Recovery Guide.
• Use a combination of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 integration (VDI based integration) and Data
Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution.
Backup and restore of the entire Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 farm
Backup
• Back up Web applications and associated content databases using the VDI based integration.
Figure 7: Specifying the application that you want to back up
IMPORTANT:
The entry point client system needs to be the system on which the Data Protector PowerShell
command of the VSS based solution will be started and has the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint
Server 2007/2010 integration agent installed.