Showing posts with label restore content db using backupexec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label restore content db using backupexec. Show all posts

Thursday, July 18, 2013

SharePoint 2010 Restore of a Content Database only, not the Site using Backupexec

Select only the content dB from the restore selections & choose the appropriate options on the sharepoint redirection setting, only the dB gets restored & not the entire site.
Verbatim from the admin guide regarding the steps ~

1 On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Restore.
2 Click New Restore Job.
3 Navigate to and select the SharePoint database that you want to restore.
4 On the Properties pane, under Destination, click Microsoft SharePoint
Redirection.
5 Check Redirect Microsoft SharePoint sets.
6 Click Restore Sharepoint databases to an alternate SQL instance.
7 In the RestoretoSQLserver\instance field, enter the SQL server and instance
to which you want to redirect the SharePoint database.
8 In the Restore to database field, enter the name of the database to which you
want to redirect the SharePoint database.
9 Select Replace existing database to overwrite an existing database with the
same name.
If you do not select this field and a database with the same name exists on
the SQL instance, you receive an error.
10 Use the default logon account as indicated, or click Change to select a different
one.
11 Onthe Properties pane, select other job properties that might be appropriate
for your environment.
12 Do one of the following:
To run the job now Click RunNow.
Do the following in the order listed:
¦ In the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule.
¦ Set the scheduling