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Back up and restore SharePoint

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 - Data Protection Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager

You can deploy DPM to protect SharePoint farms, external SQL Server databases, and folders that include farm customizations.

  • SharePoint databases using AlwaysOn can be protected from DPM 2012 R2 with Update 5 onwards.

  • You can’t protect SharePoint databases as a SQL Server data source. You can recover individual databases from a farm backup.

  • You’ll need to be running at least System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager to protect SharePoint 2013.

You set up SharePoint protect as follows:

  1. Prerequisites—Read these before you begin deployment.

  2. Configure SharePoint protection—Walk through the steps to configure protection

  3. Recover SharePoint data—Learn how to recover backed up data.