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

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HP Data Protector best practices for

backing up and restoring

Microsoft

SharePoint Server 2010

Technical white paper

Table of contents

Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Configuring Data Protector Security .................................................................................................................................................... 4

Data Protector User rights .................................................................................................................................................................. 4

Data Protector Inet service user impersonation ........................................................................................................................ 4

Overview of Data Protector backup solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 .................................................... 7

Backup and restore features .............................................................................................................................................................. 7

General recommendations ................................................................................................................................................................. 7

Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 VSS based solution ................................................................................ 8

Environment description ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8

Backup and restore of Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 search index files

and Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 search index files .................................................................................................. 8

Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 integration (VDI based integration) .............................................. 15

Environment description ................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Backup and restore of Web applications and associated content databases............................................................. 15

Combining Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 VSS based solution and VDI based integration16

Environment description ................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Backup and restore of the entire Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 farm .................................................................. 16

Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21

For more information ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22

Summary of content (22 pages)

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HP Data Protector best practices for backing up and restoring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Technical white paper Table of contents Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Configuring Data Protector Security.................................................................................................................................
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Introduction This white paper provides you with example procedures for backing up and restoring Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, using Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration (VDI based integration), Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution (VSS based solution), or both of them. Follow appropriate example procedure depending on your Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 environment.
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Configuring Data Protector Security Data Protector security has to be planned, tested, and implemented on different security-critical layers to ensure the secure operation of Data Protector. Data Protector Users security is one of the securitycritical layers of Data Protector. Each Data Protector user belongs to one user group only. This defines the user's rights. Data Protector User rights Data Protector provides three predefined user groups, admin, operator, and user, with specific user rights.
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Figure 1: Specifying impersonation information in Data Protector GUI As a result, the Data Protector Inet service will impersonate the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator Windows domain user account and consequently start the integration agent under that user account although it will run under the Windows local SYSTEM user account.
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NOTE You must rerun the omniinetpasswd command on all Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 systems and on all Microsoft SQL Server systems each time your farm administrator password is changed or expired. For details on the Data Protector Inet service user impersonation, see the online Help index: "user impersonation".
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Overview of Data Protector backup solutions for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 To back up and restore all Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 objects, you need to configure and use both, the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration (VDI based integration) and the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution (VSS based solution). The following Data Protector features are available to protect your Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 data.
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Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 VSS based solution Environment description • A SharePoint farm of arbitrary size. • You need to back up and restore Microsoft SQL Server databases, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 search index files and Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010 search index files. Database granularity suffices your needs. Zero downtime backup (ZDB) and instant recovery (IR) required. • Use the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution.
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For a system with the SharePoint Foundation Database service enabled, the command creates a backup specification that has the SqlServerWriter (Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008) object selected.
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For a system with the SharePoint Foundation Help Search and SharePoint Server Search services enabled, the command creates a backup specification that has the SPSearch4 VSS Writer and OSearch14 VSS Writer objects selected.
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For a system with the FAST Search Server 2010 service enabled, the command creates a filesystem backup specification (Data Protector filesystem backup with the Use Shadow Copy option selected) that has the FASTSearch home folder selected, excluding bin and lib folders which contain FAST executables.
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For a system with the FAST Search Server 2010 service enabled, the command with the hardware option specified creates a VSS backup specification that has the complete FASTSearch home folder (including bin and lib) selected. Restore You can restore Microsoft SharePoint Server data using the Data Protector GUI or CLI.
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Figure 6: Selection of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 search index files for restore 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 performs the Data Protector PowerShell command: SharePoint_VSS_backup.ps1 -createonly - dev null-device The farm is discovered.
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For details of how to modify the devices, see the HP Data Protector Integration Guide for Microsoft Applications. This user does not require the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator privileges. 3. Using the Windows system scheduler, the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator runs the Data Protector PowerShell command: Sharepoint_vss_backup.
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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).
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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.
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Figure 8: Selecting the client systems, drives, directories, and files that you want to back up • Back up all other components using the VSS based solution: 1. Create VSS based solution backup specifications using the Data Protector PowerShell command, placing it in in the Data Protector bin directory on the client with the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration agent installed: \\OmniBack\bin>.\SharePoint_VSS_backup.ps1 –createonly -prefix HYBRID dev FileLib_Writer0 2.
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3. Start the VSS backup specifications using the Data Protector PowerShell command on the client with the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration agent installed: – Save the Data Protector PowerShell command SharePoint_VSS_backup.ps1 -backuponly -prefix HYBRID in the batch file SharePoint_hybrid.bat. Figure 9: Saving the Data Protector PowerShell command powershell SharePoint_VSS_backup.ps1 -backuponly prefix HYBRID in the batch file SharePoint_hybrid.bat.
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– Specify the Data Protector PowerShell command (saved in the batch file SharePoint_hybrid.bat) as the post-exec option in the VDI based integration backup specification Figure 11: Specifying the Data Protector PowerShell command (saved in the batch file SharePoint_hybrid.bat) as the postexec option in the VDI based integration backup specification TIP: If this might be an issue for you to meet your recovery window, use the Windows system scheduler for your backups.
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NOTE To adhere to your Separation of duties security standards, you can separate tasks as follows: 1. The Data Protector administrator creates the VDI based integration backup specification with the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 farm administrator username and Domain name specified, but without its password. Also, the Data Protector administrator schedules the backup specification, assigns needed devices, and adds the Data Protector PowerShell command SharePoint_VSS_backup.
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Troubleshooting For general Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration and the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution troubleshooting information, see related chapters in the HP Data Protector integration guide for Microsoft applications. For ZDB and instant recovery related troubleshooting, see the HP Data Protector Zero Downtime Backup integration guide.
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For more information To read more about the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 integration and the Data Protector Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010 VSS based solution, go to www.hp.com/go/dataprotector © Copyright 2011 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.