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

Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 integration

(VDI based integration)

Environment description

• A small or medium SharePoint farm

• You need to back up and restore Web applications, associated content databases and the

configuration database. No backup of search components needed.

• Use the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 integration (VDI based integration).

Backup and restore of Web applications and associated content

databases

The integration provides Full, Incremental, or Differential online backups of Web applications and

associated content databases. Zero downtime backup (ZDB) is not supported with the VDI based

integration.

Backup

Specify that a backup session is started under the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm

administrator Windows domain user account. This user account must be configured for the Data

Protector user impersonation functionality. To create a backup specification, follow the procedure

described in the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration chapter of the HP

Data Protector integration guide for Microsoft applications.

Restore

When restoring a Web application, you can select the entire Web application or individual content

databases. Both can be restored to a new location. For details, see “Restore options” in the Data

Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration chapter of the HP Data Protector

integration guide for Microsoft applications.

NOTE

To adhere to your Separation of duties security standards, you can separate tasks as follows:

1. The Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator must configure the farm

administrator user account for the Data Protector user impersonation functionality: on each

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 system, the farm administrator must run the Omniinet

password utility:

omniinetpasswd -add User@Domain

You will be asked for the password.

2. The Data Protector administrator creates a backup specification with the Microsoft SharePoint

Server 2007/2010 farm administrator username and Domain name specified, but without its

password. The Data Protector administrator schedules the backup specification and assigns needed

devices.

3. The Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator can start the backup specification

provided the administrator has been granted the Data Protector Start backup specification user

right, but cannot schedule it without the Data Protector Save backup specification user right. As a

workaround, the backup specification can be started using the Windows system scheduler:

omnib -mssharepoint_list ListName -barmode -full | diff | incr