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Back up and restore the entire farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology)

Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-07-21

There are several methods you can use to back up and restore data for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Key factors to consider in determining which tools to use include:

  • Backup type supported (full, differential, incremental).

  • Completeness of recovery and types of objects that can be recovered.

  • Complexity of managing solution.

  • Ability of solution to adapt to the maintenance window and database size.

Back up and restore a server farm

You can back up and restore data for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by using any of the following mechanisms:

For more information about choosing a specific backup and recovery method, see Choose backup and recovery tools (Windows SharePoint Services).

See Also

Concepts

Back up and restore the farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Create a recovery farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
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Back up and restore site collections by using built-in tools (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and recover site objects (Windows SharePoint Services)
Back up and restore an item by using DPM (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore a site by using DPM (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)