Restoring resources for SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services 3.0

You can restore the following SharePoint resources:

Web applications and their associated databases. Symantec recommends that you restore all Web application databases together to preserve the topology.
Individual documents that are contained in libraries.
Sites and sub-sites.

Individual objects and their versions can be restored from full database backups.
Lists and list items.

Individual objects and their versions can be restored from full database backups.

See the Microsoft SharePoint documentation for more information about lists and list items.
Configuration databases. A configuration database contains all of the configuration information for the entire SharePoint Server farm. Use caution when restoring this database. Any changes that you make to the farm topology before you restore from the backup are lost. Configuration databases can only be restored to their original locations.
Single sign-on databases. Single Sign-on databases can only be restored to their original locations.

To restore SharePoint resources

On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Restore.
Click New Restore Job.
Expand the server farm that contains the SharePoint components that you want to restore.
Expand the SharePoint resources that you want to restore.
Select the backup sets for the SharePoint resources that you want to restore.
In the Restore Job Properties pane, under Settings, click Microsoft SharePoint.

Select the appropriate options as follows:

Bring restored databases online	Select this option to bring the databases online after a restore job.
Reconnect previous database links	When restoring portal sites or Windows SharePoint Services sites, this option re-establishes the link between the restored databases and their corresponding sites.
Release the lock on the SharePoint farm topology if it is set (SharePoint 2003 only)	Do not check this option when you restore SharePoint 2007 resources.
Preserve existing Internet Services (IIS) Web site and application pool (SharePoint 2007 only).	If the Web site and application pool for the SharePoint Web application that you restore already exists in IIS, this option preserves them during restore. If you do not check this option, the Web site and application pool are deleted from IIS during the restore. After they are deleted, they are recreated in the default location that SharePoint specifies.
If versioning is enabled on the restore destination	If versioning is enabled on the device to which you want to restore an individual item, select one of the following options: Add as a new version Backup Exec restores the existing item as a new version, which makes it the most recent version of the existing item. Skip if the item exists Backup Exec does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. Backup Exec notes that the file was skipped in the job log. Restore over existing items Backup Exec replaces the existing item with the restored item.
If versioning is not enabled on the restore destination	If versioning is not enabled on the device to which you want to restore an individual item, select one of the following options: Skip if the item exists Backup Exec does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. Backup Exec notes that the file was skipped in the job log. Restore over existing items Backup Exec replaces the existing item with the restored item.
Restore only the most recent version of an item	Check this option if you only want to restore the most recent versions of any individual items you restore.
Include security information	Check this option if you want to restore any SharePoint security information attached to the individual item you restore. You can restore different levels of security based on the SharePoint item you restore: Sites - User and SharePoint Group information and security ACL are restored for top-level sites Sub-sites - Security ACL is restored Lists - Security ACL and other security-related information is restored List items - Granular security information is restored to individual list items

In the Restore Job Properties pane, select other restore options as needed.

Do one of the following:

To run the job now	Click Run Now.
To schedule the job to run later	Do the following in the order listed: In the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule. Set the scheduling options. Click Submit. See Scheduling jobs.