Recovering a SharePoint 2010 Server (without BMR)

This topic describes how to recover a SharePoint 2010 Server installation without Bare Metal Restore (BMR).

To recover a SharePoint 2010 Server (without BMR)

  1. Configure the destination host the same as the original host.

  2. Install SharePoint 2010 and any other required software.

  3. Configure the NetBackup master server that has the backup images from the original host as the master server for the destination host.

  4. Restore the components of the SharePoint Server in the following order:

    • Web application database(s)

    • Services (State Service database, metadata, and State Service Proxy)

    • Shared Services databases and metadata

    • Shared Services Proxies

    • SharePoint Foundation Help Search (WSS_Search)

    • WSS_Administrator Web application Content database

    • InfoPath Forms Services(Metadata)

    • Farm Configuration database

    • Index files