For computers running Windows SharePoint Services, DPM supports recovery of the following data through the Recovery Wizard:

Important
Do not directly recover the admin content database because this could lead to data corruption in the Windows SharePoint Services farm.
Note
When recovering a Windows SharePoint Services farm, DPM recovers the configuration database of the farm but does not display this recoverable item.

For more information, in the DPM 2010 Operations Guide, see Managing Protected Servers Running Windows SharePoint Services (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=184262).

To recover protected data for servers running Windows SharePoint Services

  1. In DPM Administrator Console, click Recovery on the navigation bar.

  2. Browse or search for the data you want to recover, and then, in the Recoverable item pane, select the data.

  3. Available recovery points are indicated in bold on the calendar in the recovery points section. Select the bold date for the recovery point you want to recover and a recovery time from the drop-down menu.

  4. In the Recoverable item pane, click to select the recoverable item you want to recover.

  5. In the Actions pane, click Recover. DPM starts the Recovery Wizard.

  6. Review your recovery selection, and click Next.

  7. Specify the type of recovery you would like to perform:

    1. Recover all SharePoint content and components.

      Note
      You cannot recover mirrored databases to the original location because when there are two instances of SQL server there is no concept of an original database.
    2. Copy database files to a network folder. Click Browse, select an alternate recovery destination, and then click OK.

      The recovery destination computer must have a protection agent installed.

    3. Copy the Windows SharePoint Services farm to tape. This option copies the Windows SharePoint Services farm that contains the selected recovery items to a tape. If you select this option, click Next and then specify the library and tape options for recovery. You can choose the option to compress or encrypt data on the tape.

  8. Click Next after you have selected one of the preceding options.

  9. Specify your recovery options:

    1. Network bandwidth usage throttling. Click Modify to enable network bandwidth usage throttling.

    2. Enable SAN-based recovery using hardware snapshots. Select this option to use SAN-based hardware snapshots for quicker recovery.

      This option is valid only when you have a SAN where hardware snapshot functionality is enabled, the SAN has the capability to create a clone and to split a clone to make it writable, and the protected computer and the DPM server are connected to the same SAN.

    3. Notification. Click Send an e-mail when the recovery completes, and specify the recipients who will receive the notification. Separate the e-mail addresses with commas.

  10. Click Next after you have specified your recovery option.

  11. Review your recovery settings, and click Recover.

    Note
    Any synchronization job for the selected recovery item will be canceled while the recovery is in progress.

To set recovery options for servers running Windows SharePoint Services using DPM Management Shell

  • Use the following syntax to set the recovery options for servers running Windows SharePoint Services:

    New-RecoveryOption [-TargetServer] <String> [-RecoveryLocation] <RecoveryLocation> [-DPMLibrary <Library> ] [-RecoverToReplicaFromTape] [-SANRecovery] [-RestoreSecurity] -RecoveryType <RecoveryType> [-TargetLocation <String> ] -SharePointSite -DatabaseFileTempLocation <String> -IntermediateSharepointServer <String> -IntermediateSqlInstance <String> -ExportFileTempLocation <String> [-TargetSiteUrl <String> ] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]

    For more information, type "Get-Help New-RecoveryOption -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.

    For technical information, type "Get-Help New-RecoveryOption -full" in DPM Management Shell.

To recover protected data from servers running Windows SharePoint Services using DPM Management Shell

  • Use the following syntax to recover data for a Windows SharePoint Services server:

    Recover-RecoverableItem [-RecoverableItem] <RecoverableObject[]> [-RecoveryOption] <RecoveryOptions> [-RecoveryPointLocation <RecoverySourceLocation[]> ] [-JobStateChangedEventHandler <JobStateChangedEventHandler> ] [-RecoveryNotification <Nullable`1> ] [-Verbose] [-Debug] [-ErrorAction <ActionPreference> ] [-ErrorVariable <String> ] [-OutVariable <String> ] [-OutBuffer <Int32> ]

    For more information, type "Get-Help Recover-RecoverableItem -detailed" in DPM Management Shell.

    For technical information, type "Get-Help Recover-RecoverableItem -full" in DPM Management Shell.

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