Backup and restore prerequisites (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)

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Applies to: FAST Search Server 2010

Make sure that you meet the following prerequisites before you run a FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint backup or restore script.

Note

Always run the backup and restore scripts from the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration server. Scripts that are started on the administration server, in turn starts backup or restore tasks on remote servers by using the Windows PowerShell remoting feature.

In this article:

  • Prerequisites on all FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint servers

  • Prerequisites on the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration server

Prerequisites on all FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint servers

On all servers in the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm, make sure that you meet the following prerequisites:

  • Ensure that the user who runs the backup and restore scripts, is a member of the local FASTSearchAdministrators group, and of the local administrators group.

  • Enable Windows PowerShell remoting. Open a Windows PowerShell prompt as an administrator and run this command:

    Enable-PSRemoting -Force

  • Ensure that Windows PowerShell remoting is set up as a Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) server. Open a Windows PowerShell prompt as an administrator and run this command:

    Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Server -Force

  • Increase the maximum amount of memory that is allocated to a Windows PowerShell instance on a remote server. Open a Windows PowerShell prompt as an administrator and run this command:

    Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Shell\MaxMemoryPerShellMB 1000

Prerequisites on the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration server

On the administration server in the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm, make sure that you meet the following prerequisites:

  • Ensure that Windows PowerShell remoting is set up as a Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) client. Open a Windows PowerShell prompt as an administrator and run the following command:

    Enable-WSManCredSSP -Role Client -DelegateComputer <server1,server2,...,server> -Force

    Where <server1,server2,…,server> lists the server names of all servers in the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint farm.

    Important

    The server names must be identical to the server names as they appear in the <FASTSearchFolder>\etc\config_data\deployment\deployment.xml file.

  • Ensure that the SQL Server Management Objects (SMO) .Net assemblies are installed. If SQL Server is installed on the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration server, you already have the SMO assemblies. Otherwise, you can install the SMO assemblies by installing the Microsoft SQL Server System CLR Types and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Management Objects packages that are available from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkId=188653.

  • Ensure that the user who runs the backup and restore scripts, has sysadmin permissions on the FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint administration database (SQL database).

See Also

Concepts

Backup and restore (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Plan the backup and restore strategy (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Configuration backup and restore (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
Full backup and restore (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)
About backup and restore scripts (FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint)