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Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook

You're reading from  Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Jan 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849681087
Pages 288 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Peter Serzo Peter Serzo
Profile icon Peter Serzo

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
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Preface
Upgrading and Configuring SharePoint 2010 Service Applications Farm Governance Site Administration Monitoring and Reporting Search Security Administration: Users and Groups Content Management Social Architecture Backup and Restore Performance Monitoring

Restoring from a backup in Central Administration


In the last recipe, we saw how to back up the complete SharePoint 2010 farm in Central Administration.

In the event of a failure, that backup must be used to restore the farm. Another reason for a restore may be new hardware installation.

This recipe shows how to do a restore.

Getting ready

You must have administrator privileges on the SharePoint farm. A backup must have been run prior to doing this recipe.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Open the Central Administration screen and click Backup and Restore.

  2. 2. The first section is Farm Backup and Restore. Under it, click Restore from a backup.

  3. 3. The following page is displayed:

    Select the backup you wish to restore.

  4. 4. A hierarchical listing of backup assets will be presented with checkboxes beside each. Check the Farm option to restore everything.

  5. 5. Click Next.

  6. 6. A detailed restore listing will be presented, which consists of five options.

    • Restore Component: This will be farm.

    • Restore Only Configuration Settings...

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