Protecting and recovering data stored in a Records Center
Updated: April 23, 2009
Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007
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This topic provides recommendations for protecting and recovering data stored in a Records Center site. These are general recommendations — your business needs may dictate different choices.
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Content versioning Recommended. We recommend that you enable content versioning in the document libraries in your Records Center site, set versioning to create major versions, and require check-out.
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Versioning can significantly increase space used. Therefore, be sure to provide site owners with a clear understanding of the amount of space available relative to the expected number of versions, and work with site owners to ensure that versioned sites are actively monitored and managed. -
Database snapshot Not recommended. Database snapshots are recommended only for environments in which you want to protect the look and feel of a site as versions change over time.
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Recycle Bin Not recommended. Enabling the Recycle Bin or the second-stage Recycle Bin for the Web application that hosts the Records Center is not recommended, because a Records Center is a highly restricted environment that is used only by a few users, and those users are typically well trained. If the Recycle Bins are on without users being aware of them, the Recycle Bins can inadvertently contain a record that is past its retention date.
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Site capture Not recommended. Enabling site capture for the site collection associated with the Records Center is not recommended because the Records Center is a highly restricted environment. Therefore, the site collection has a small probability of accidental deletion.
As you plan your backup strategy for a Records Center site, consider the following issues:
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Avoid inadvertently retaining data that has exceeded its retention date in archived backups.
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A Records Center is often very large.
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Data in a Records Center changes slowly.
It is particularly important to track the location of all backups for a Records Center. If you are going to use a backup to migrate a Records Center, remember to delete all copies of the backup after the migration is completed.
We recommend the following general strategy for backups:
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Keep only the most recent backup. Do not archive multiple backups.
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Perform only full or incremental backups. Storing differential backups might inadvertently lead to retaining data that has exceeded its retention date.
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Evaluate how often data is added to your Records Center, and consider backing up less frequently than you would a collaboration site.
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