Setting default options for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and 2007

You can set default options to use for all backup and restore jobs for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and later.

To set default options for SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and later

  1. On the Tools menu, click Options.

  2. On the Properties pane, under Job Defaults, click Microsoft SharePoint.

  3. Select the appropriate options as follows:

    Backup method

    Select one of the following methods:

    • Full - Back up entire database. Select this to back up the entire database.

    • Differential - Back up database changes only. Select this to back up only the changes made to the database since the last full backup.

      The differential backup method cannot be used to back up Index databases or Document Libraries. The Full backup method must be used to back up these resources.

    Use Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) to enable the restore of individual documents from the database backup (available for full backups only)

    Select this option to enable the restore of individual documents from database backups. This option is only available when performing full backups. The option not available if Differential - Back up database changes only has been selected as the backup method. You must have a current version of the Remote Agent for Windows Systems on the SharePoint server when you run the GRT-enabled backup job.

    See How to restore individual items by using Granular Recovery Technology.

    Perform consistency check before backup of Microsoft SQL databases used by Microsoft SharePoint

    Select this option to run a full consistency check (including indexes) of the Microsoft SQL databases used by Microsoft SharePoint before backing up the database.

    Continue with backup if consistency check fails

    Select this option to continue with the backup operation even if the consistency check fails.

    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.

    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 to restore any applicable security information with the item.

    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 for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 only