Select Recovery Type

Article
05/17/2011

Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

Use the Select Recovery Type page of the Recovery Wizard to select the type of recovery you want to perform. This page contains the elements described in the following table. The available options depend on the type of data you are recovering.

Elements

File Servers and Desktop Computers

Name	Description
Recover to the original location	Select this option to recover files to their original location. The old database and its files are overwritten during the recovery process.
Recover to an alternate location	Select this option to copy the recovered files to an alternate destination. Click Browse to specify an alternate location.
Copy to tape	Select this option to copy the storage group to a tape in a DPM library. Note that the storage group or volume can also contain data that was not selected for recovery.

Exchange-Based Servers

Name	Description
Recover to original Exchange Server location	Select this option if you do not want to specify an alternate location. The old database and its files are overwritten during the recovery process. Note This option is available only if the latest recovery point is selected. If a database is selected for recovery, only the latest point in time can be recovered. All the databases in the storage group are dismounted during recovery. The database is remounted after the recovery is complete.
Recover to any instance of SQL Server	Select this option if you do not want to specify an alternate location. The old database and its files are overwritten during the recovery process. Note This option is available only if the latest recovery point is selected. If a database is selected for recovery, only the latest point in time can be recovered. All the databases in the storage group are dismounted during recovery. The database is remounted after the recovery is complete.
Copy to a network folder	Select this option to copy the recovered data to a network folder. Type the location on the next page.
Recover to another database or storage group on an Exchange server	Select this option to recover to another database or storage group on an Exchange-based server that has a protection agent installed.
Recover to a Recovery Storage Group	Select this option to recover Exchange data sources to a recovery storage group.

SQL Servers

Name	Description
Recover to the original instance of SQL Server (overwrite database)	Select this option if you want the current database files to be overwritten during the recovery process. This option is not available for mirrored databases.
Recover to any instance of SQL Server	Select this option to recover data onto the same instance of SQL Server in an alternate database, or on an alternate instance of SQL Server without affecting your production environment. Note If you recover data to the same instance of SQL Server with the same database name, it will affect your production environment.
Copy to a network folder	Select this option to copy the recovered data to a network folder. You can select the location of the network folder on the next page.
Copy to tape	Select this option to copy the data to tape creating a long-term archive or portable media of the data for any recovery point.

Microsoft SharePoint (Farm Level)

Name	Description
Recover all SharePoint content and components	Select this option to overwrite the SharePoint farm’s configuration database and all the content databases while they are online. This option is not available: For databases that are part of the recovery point where backup metadata enumeration failed. At the time of a recovery point creation, backup metadata enumeration can fail for the following reasons: “ConfigureSharePoint.exe –EnableSharePointProtection” was not run with correct farm administrator credentials on the front-end Web server. SharePoint VSS writer was in bad state on the front-end Web server. Note If some SQL Server databases in the selected SharePoint farm are mirrored, additional options are shown on the next page. See the following section for help on these options.
Copy all SharePoint content and component files to a network folder	Select this option to copy all the farm’s databases to a network folder. The network folder path can be provided in the Alternate folder text box by using the Browse button.
Copy the Windows SharePoint Services farm to tape	Select this option to copy the SharePoint farm databases to a tape in a DPM library.

Recover all SharePoint content and components

Select this option to overwrite the SharePoint farm’s configuration database and all the content databases while they are online. This option is not available:

For databases that are part of the recovery point where backup metadata enumeration failed. At the time of a recovery point creation, backup metadata enumeration can fail for the following reasons:
- “ConfigureSharePoint.exe –EnableSharePointProtection” was not run with correct farm administrator credentials on the front-end Web server.
- SharePoint VSS writer was in bad state on the front-end Web server.

Note

If some SQL Server databases in the selected SharePoint farm are mirrored, additional options are shown on the next page. See the following section for help on these options.

Copy all SharePoint content and component files to a network folder

Select this option to copy all the farm’s databases to a network folder. The network folder path can be provided in the Alternate folder text box by using the Browse button.

Copy the Windows SharePoint Services farm to tape

Select this option to copy the SharePoint farm databases to a tape in a DPM library.

Microsoft SharePoint (Farm Level with Mirrored SQL Server Databases)

Name	Description
You find the following options when some SQL Server databases in the selected SharePoint farm are mirrored and you select the Recover all SharePoint content and components option on the Select Recovery Type page of the Recovery Wizard.
Typical recovery	Select this option to recover the mirrored SQL Server databases to the instances of SQL server that were hosting these databases as the principal database when the selected recovery point was created.
Custom recovery	Select this option to recover the mirrored SQL Server databases of the SharePoint farm to the instances of SQL Server. At the point of recovery point creation, for each mirrored SQL Server database, you can select either of its partner instances of SQL Server (principal/mirror). Before you select the instance of SQL Server, ensure the following: The selected instance of SQL Server is online. The SQL Server alias that is being used on the front-end Web server points to the selected instance of SQL Server.

Name

Description

You find the following options when some SQL Server databases in the selected SharePoint farm are mirrored and you select the Recover all SharePoint content and components option on the Select Recovery Type page of the Recovery Wizard.

Typical recovery

Select this option to recover the mirrored SQL Server databases to the instances of SQL server that were hosting these databases as the principal database when the selected recovery point was created.

Custom recovery

Select this option to recover the mirrored SQL Server databases of the SharePoint farm to the instances of SQL Server. At the point of recovery point creation, for each mirrored SQL Server database, you can select either of its partner instances of SQL Server (principal/mirror). Before you select the instance of SQL Server, ensure the following:

The selected instance of SQL Server is online.
The SQL Server alias that is being used on the front-end Web server points to the selected instance of SQL Server.

Microsoft SharePoint (Content Database Level)

Name	Description
Recover to the original instance of SQL Server of the selected Windows SharePoint Services farm	Select this option to overwrite the specified database while it is online. This option is not available: For databases that are part of the recovery point where backup metadata enumeration failed. At the time of a recovery point creation, backup metadata enumeration can fail for the following reasons: When “ConfigureSharePoint.exe –EnableSharePointProtection” was not run with the correct farm administrator credentials on the front-end Web server. When the SharePoint VSS writer was in bad state on the front-end Web server. For mirrored databases. Note To recover mirrored database to its original instance of SQL Server, select the Recover to any SQL Instance option and then specify the recovery destination path pointing to its original instance of SQL Server on the Specify Alternate Recovery Location page.
Recover to any SQL instance	Select this option to recover the selected database to: The original instance of a SQL Server if the selected database is offline. The original instance of a SQL Server as a different database. (You can change the name of the database on the Specify Alternate Recovery Location page of the Recovery Wizard). An alternate instance of a SQL Server. Note If you recover the database to the same instance of a SQL Server with the same database name, it can affect your production environment.
Copy the database files to a network folder	Select this option to copy the selected SharePoint database to a network folder. The network folder path can be provided in the Alternate folder text box by using the Browse button.

Recover to the original instance of SQL Server of the selected Windows SharePoint Services farm

Select this option to overwrite the specified database while it is online. This option is not available:

For databases that are part of the recovery point where backup metadata enumeration failed. At the time of a recovery point creation, backup metadata enumeration can fail for the following reasons:
- When “ConfigureSharePoint.exe –EnableSharePointProtection” was not run with the correct farm administrator credentials on the front-end Web server.
- When the SharePoint VSS writer was in bad state on the front-end Web server.
For mirrored databases.

Note

To recover mirrored database to its original instance of SQL Server, select the Recover to any SQL Instance option and then specify the recovery destination path pointing to its original instance of SQL Server on the Specify Alternate Recovery Location page.

Recover to any SQL instance

Select this option to recover the selected database to:

The original instance of a SQL Server if the selected database is offline.
The original instance of a SQL Server as a different database. (You can change the name of the database on the Specify Alternate Recovery Location page of the Recovery Wizard).
An alternate instance of a SQL Server.

Note

If you recover the database to the same instance of a SQL Server with the same database name, it can affect your production environment.

Copy the database files to a network folder

Select this option to copy the selected SharePoint database to a network folder. The network folder path can be provided in the Alternate folder text box by using the Browse button.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) Shared Service Provider (SSP) or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search

Name	Description
Recover all the SharePoint Search index components	Select this option to recover the SharePoint Search/MOSS Shared Services Provider (SSP) components to their original locations. For more information, in the DPM Operations Guide, see Recovering SharePoint Data.
Copy the SharePoint Search index components to an alternate network folder	Select this option to copy the recovered search index components to an alternate network folder.
Copy the SharePoint Search index components to tape	Select this option to copy the SharePoint Search or MOSS SSP Search components to a tape in a DPM library.

Microsoft SharePoint (Granular Level - Site Collections, Sites, Lists, Document Libraries, Documents, List Items and Other Items in the Farm)

Name	Description
Recover to original site	Select this option to recover the selected item to the URL where it belonged at the time of backup (as displayed in the recoverable item pane).
Recover to an alternate site	Select this option to recover the selected item to a different URL within the same SharePoint farm.

Virtual Servers

Name	Description
Recover to the original instance	Select this option to recover files to their original location. The old database and its files are overwritten during the recovery process.
Recover to a network folder	Select this option to recover the data to a network folder. You can select the location on the next page.
Copy to tape	Select this option to copy the virtual machine to a tape in a DPM library.

Hyper-V

Name	Description
Recover to the original instance	Select this option to recover a virtual machine to its original location. The original files are overwritten during the recovery process.
Recover as virtual machine to any host	Select this option to recover a virtual machine to a different Hyper-V host, or to an alternate location on the same Hyper-V host. Important Restoring the virtual machine to the same Hyper-V host overwrites an existing instance of the same virtual machine present on the same Hyper-V host. Note Hyper-V virtual machines that are recovered to a cluster node are not highly available. For more information about how to make a virtual machine highly available, see Make the virtual machine highly available (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=160484).
Copy to a network folder	Select this option to recover the VHD and other configuration files of the virtual machine to a network folder. Note After recovery, you must manually create a virtual machine by using the recovered VHD files of the virtual machine.
Copy to tape	Select this option to copy the virtual machine to a tape in a DPM library.

System State

Name	Description
Copy to a network folder	Select this option to copy the recovered system state data to a network folder. You can select the location on the next page.
Copy to tape	Select this option to copy the system state data to a tape in a DPM library.

DPM Servers

Name	Description
Recover replica to primary DPM server	Select this option when you are recovering a primary DPM server. For more information about recovering protected computers and DPM servers, in the DPM 2010 Operations Guide, see Disaster Recovery (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=179152).

To proceed with the recovery, click Next.