Chapter 16

Managing Backup and Restore

IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU WILL LEARN TO:

• BACK UP THE FARM
  • Performing a Complete Farm Backup
  • Understanding Farm Backup Sets
  • Using PowerShell to Automate Farm Backups
• RESTORE THE FARM
  • Understanding Farm Restore
  • Using Central Administration to Restore the Farm
• BACK UP AND RESTORE A SITE COLLECTION
  • Using Central Administration to Back Up a Site Collection
  • Using PowerShell to Back Up a Site Collection
  • Using PowerShell to Restore a Site Collection
• EXPORT AND IMPORT A WEBSITE, LIST, OR LIBRARY
  • Using Central Administration to Export
  • Using PowerShell to Export
  • Using PowerShell to Import
• RECOVER DATA FROM AN UNATTACHED CONTENT DATABASE
  • Restoring a Content Database
  • Using Central Administration to Recover Data from an Unattached Content Database
  • Restoring or Importing Content

SharePoint supports backups of the farm and more granular levels, including site collections, websites, lists, and libraries. This chapter will provide you with a solid overview of backup and restore, including step-by-step procedures on how to perform each type of backup or restore operation.