Settings and features backed up from a farm configuration (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

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Applies to: SharePoint Foundation 2010

This article describes the settings and features that are included in a backup of a server farm configuration. For more information about how to back up a farm configuration, see Back up a farm configuration (SharePoint Foundation 2010).

Settings and features backed up

The following table lists the settings and features that are included in a backup of the configuration of a server farm, and the pages on the SharePoint Central Administration Web site where you can access these settings and features.

Setting or feature Description

Managed account password settings

_Admin/PasswordSettings.aspx

Outgoing e-mail settings

_Admin/globalemailconfig.aspx

Note

Outgoing e-mail settings are restored only when content and settings are restored to their original locations on the same farm they were backed up from.

  • When you use Central Administration to restore a farm, on the Restore from Backup — Step 2 of 3: Select Restore Options page, in the Restore Options section, select the Type of Restore option, and use the Same configuration setting.

  • When you use the Windows PowerShell Restore-SPFarm cmdlet to restore a farm, use the RestoreMethod parameter to specify overwrite.

Note

Outgoing e-mail settings are restored only when content and settings are restored to their original server location in the same farm. If you are restoring the configuration and content to a different farm, you are prompted to specify new configuration settings.

Solutions deployed to the farm (trusted solutions)

_Admin/Solutions.aspx

Solutions that are deployed to the farm.

InfoPath Forms Services

_Admin/IpfsConfig.aspx

The list of user agents that are added to a farm.

Web application service

Settings that are shared by all content Web applications.

  • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) account creation mode settings

  • Antivirus settings _Admin/AVAdmin.aspx

  • Quota templates _Admin/ManageQuotaTemplate.aspx

  • Information Rights Management (IRM) settings _Admin/IrmAdmin.aspx

  • Managed paths for host-named site collections

Sandboxed solutions service

Solution restrictions and load balancing settings.

Diagnostic logging settings

_Admin/Metrics.aspx

All diagnostic logging settings are backed up except the trace log location.

See Also

Reference

Restore-SPFarm

Concepts

Restore a farm configuration (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Change passwords used for administration accounts (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Configure outgoing e-mail (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Create, edit, and delete quota templates (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Define managed paths (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Configure load balancing for sandboxed solutions (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Block or unblock a sandboxed solution (SharePoint Foundation 2010)
Configure diagnostic logging (SharePoint Foundation 2010)

Other Resources

Get-SPInfoPathUserAgent