Microsoft SharePoint tab

On this tab you can choose to bring databases online after a restore job. You can also specify a different location to which to redirect a Web application or a SharePoint 2003 portal site or team site. The farm and the Web application, or the SharePoint 2003 portal site or team site, to which you want to redirect the restore must already exist.

Table: Microsoft SharePoint tab

Option	Description
Bring restored databases online and reconnect previous database links	Select this option to bring the databases online after a restore job. This option also re-establishes the link between the restored databases and their corresponding Web applications or the SharePoint 2003 portals or team sites.
Release the lock on the SharePoint farm topology, if it is set.	This option applies to SharePoint 2003 only. Check this option to have NetBackup release the lock on the SharePoint farm topology before you run the backup or restore operation. Because another application may have locked the topology, check with your SharePoint administrator before you select this option.
Preserve existing Internet Information Services (IIS) Web site and application pool.	This option applies to SharePoint 2007 and 2010 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 destination to which you want to restore an individual item or document, select one of the following options: Add as a new version NetBackup restores the existing item or document as a new version, which makes it the most recent version of the existing item. For example, assume that you have five versions of `testfile.doc` and choose to restore version 2.0 of the file. When the file is restored, it is added as `testfile.doc` 6.0 and is the most recent version. Skip if the item exists NetBackup does not restore the item if an identical item or document exists in the restore destination. NetBackup notes that the file was skipped in the job log. Restore over existing items NetBackup restores the existing item as a new version and deletes the existing version. For example, assume that the version history is as follows: testfile.doc version 3.0 testfile.doc version 2.0 testfile.doc version 1.0 `testfile.doc` version 3 is the most recent version. If you choose to restore `testfile.doc` version 2.0, the restore adds `testfile.doc` version 4.0 and deletes `testfile.doc` version 2.0. So the version history appears as follows: testfile.doc version 4.0 testfile.doc version 3.0 testfile.doc version 1.0 `testfile.doc` version 2.0 is now version 4.0 of the file.
If versioning is not enabled on the restore destination	If versioning is not enabled on the destination to which you want to restore an individual item, select one of the following options: Skip if the item exists NetBackup does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. NetBackup indicates that the file was skipped in the log. Restore over existing items NetBackup replaces the existing item with the restored item.
Restore only the most recent version of an item	Check this option to only restore the most recent version of an item. Note that NetBackup restores the most recent version of the versions you selected for restore. If a more recent version exists, but you did not select it for restore that version is not restored.
Include security information	Check this option to restore any applicable security information with the item. Note that security information is restored only if you select a parent folder and not when you select individual items. For example, security information is restored when you select Shared Documents, but not if you select an individual document. However, if an individual object has any user permissions that are defined with a level of "limited access," permissions for those users are not restored with that object. 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. Subsites Security ACL is restored. Lists Security ACL and other security-related information are restored.
Redirect SharePoint Resources	Check this option to redirect a Web application or a SharePoint 2003 portal or team site.
SharePoint 2003 portal sites or SharePoint 2007 web applications	To redirect a Web application or a SharePoint 2003 portal or team site, specify the URL of the destination site and the name of the front-end Web server. Example URLs include the following: http://URL to Web application http://SharePoint 2003 portal http://SharePoint 2003 team site Indicate the hostname of the Web server to which you want to redirect. The Web server must already exist on the destination location.
Individual SharePoint sites, documents, lists, or items	You can redirect documents, lists, or items to a path, as follows: Redirect to path In the Restore to drive or UNC path box, enter the drive letter or UNC Path. Use the following format for a UNC path: `\\servername\share`. In the Restore to path box, enter the path to which you want to direct the restore. Redirect to workspace or document library (WebStorageSystem-based only). This option only applies to SharePoint 2001 restores. Note that when you direct items to a file system, any list items you selected are not restored and appear as 0-KB files.