Backup / Restore of Microsoft SharePoint Server (DS-Recovery Tools)

Knowledge Base: BACKUP : Backup / Restore of Microsoft SharePoint Server (DS-Recovery Tools)

Creation Date: January 18, 2008

Revision Date: September 30, 2013

Product: DS‑Client (Windows) with DS-MLR Service (DS-Recovery Tools)

Summary

This article contains additional information for backup and restore of Microsoft SharePoint Server using the DS-Recovery Tools. It also describes how to configure a DS-Recovery Tools installation to log events for a backup activity.

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Support Matrix


SharePoint Item	Windows DS-Client
Libraries
Document Library	Active Support
Form Library	Active Support
Wiki Page Library	Active Support
Picture Library	Active Support
Data Connection Library	Active Support
Translation Management Library	Active Support
Report Library	Active Support
Slide Library	Active Support
Communications
Announcements	Active Support
Contacts	Active Support
Discussion Board	Active Support
Tracking
Links	Active Support
Calendar	Active Support
Tasks	Active Support
Project Tasks	Active Support
Issue Tracking	Active Support
Survey	Active Support
Custom Lists
Custom List	Active Support
Custom List in Datasheet View	Active Support
Languages and Translators	Active Support
KPI List	Active Support
Import Spreadsheet	Active Support
Web Pages
Basic Page	Active Support
Web Part Page	Active Support
Sites and Workspaces	Active Support
Publishing Page	Active Support
Users and Permissions
People and groups	Active Support
Site collection administrators	Active Support
Advanced permissions	Active Support
Email and Workflow
Incoming email setting	Active Support
Email message and attachment	Active Support
Workflow	Not Supported


SharePoint Template	Windows DS-Client
Collaboration
Team Site	Active Support
Blank Site	Active Support
Document Workspace	Active Support
Wiki Site	Active Support
Blog	Active Support
Meetings
Basic Meeting Workspace	Active Support
Blank Meeting Workspace	Active Support
Decision Meeting Workspace	Active Support
Social Meeting Workspace	Active Support
Multipage Meeting Workspace	Active Support
Enterprise
Document Center	Active Support
Records Center	Active Support
Personalization Site	Not Supported
Site Directory	Active Support
Report Center	Active Support
Search Center with Tabs	Active Support
Search Center	Active Support
Publishing
Publishing Site	Active Support
Publishing Site with Workflow	Not Supported
News Site	Active Support


Site Admin Templates	Windows DS-Client
Board of Directors	Active Support
Business Performance Reporting	Active Support
Case Management for Government Agencies	Active Support
Classroom Management	Active Support
Clinical Trial Initiation and Management	Active Support
Competitive Analysis Site	Active Support
Discussion Database	Active Support
Disputed Invoice Management	Active Support
Employee Activities Site	Active Support
Employee Self-Service Benefits	Active Support
Employee Training Scheduling and Materials	Active Support
Equity Research	Active Support
Integrated Marketing Campaign Tracking	Active Support
Manufacturing Process Management	Active Support
New Store Opening	Active Support
Product and Marketing Requirements Planning	Active Support
Request for Proposal	Active Support
Sports League	Active Support
Team Work Site	Active Support
Time-card Management	Active Support


Server Admin Templates	Windows DS-Client
Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management	Active Support
Budgeting and Tracking Multiple Projects	Active Support
Bug Database	Active Support
Call Center	Active Support
Change Request Management	Active Support
Compliance Process Support Site	Active Support
Contacts Management	Active Support
Document Library and Review	Active Support
Event Planning	Active Support
Expense Reimbursement and Approval	Active Support
Help Desk	Active Support
Inventory Tracking	Active Support
IT Team Workspace	Active Support
Job Requisition and Interview Management	Active Support
Knowledge Base	Active Support
Lending Library	Active Support
Physical Asset Tracking and Management	Active Support
Project Tracking Workspace	Active Support
Room and Equipment Reservations	Active Support
Sales Lead Pipeline	Active Support

Matrix Legend

• Active Support: DS-Client supports backup / restore of this SharePoint item.

• Not Supported: DS-Client does not support backup / restore of this item.

Logging DS-Recovery Tools for SharePoint activities (troubleshooting)

There are two configuration files in the DS-Recovery Tools installation directory:

• dsrcvtools.cfg - the main configuration file, containing the path to the log configuration file and sharepoint.dll

• logconf.cfg - the configuration for logging. By default, debug logging is disabled. There are some examples inside the file “logconf.cfg”.

Sample “dsrcvtools.cfg” file:

DS-Recovery Tools Ports : 4408

Log Configuration : C:\Program Files\CloudBackup\DS-Recovery Tools\logconf.cfg

BackupLibs : share_point

share_point : C:\Program Files\CloudBackup\DS-Recovery Tools\SharePoint.dll

Sample “logconf.cfg” file:

"C:\Program Files\CloudBackup\DS-Recovery Tools\evlog.txt" {

filter {

severity = debug;

}

NOTE: This sample “logconf.cfg” will dump all the debug information from the DS-Recovery Tools service to the “evlog.txt” file.

If you configure the DS-Recovery Tools service to dump a “debug” log, this will create a very large text file. Note there will be a significant performance impact if you do this. This feature is available for troubleshooting purposes to assist your service provider’s Technical Support Team.

Restore Considerations (Microsoft SharePoint 2010 or later)

The following considerations should be made for Item-Level backup and restore using the Microsoft SharePoint Server backup type using the DS-Recovery Tools installation on the target Microsoft SharePoint Server:

• Web applications: Backup of a SharePoint web application will backup all its sites. On Item-Level Restore, users can restore each site separately. Users cannot restore any sub-site, lists or list items in the site separately.

• Sites: Backup of a SharePoint site will backup the whole site. On Item-Level Restore, users can only restore the whole site. Users cannot restore any sub-site, lists or list items in the site separately.

• Sub-sites: Backup of a SharePoint sub-site will backup the whole sub-site. On Item-Level restore, users can only restore the whole sub-site. Users cannot restore any lists or list items in the site separately.

• Lists: Backup of a SharePoint list will backup the whole list. On Item-Level Restore, users can only restore the whole list. Users cannot restore specific list item(s) in the list separately.