Prerequisites for restoring Microsoft SharePoint

When executing a SharePoint application restore, ensure the following dependencies and restrictions:

You can only restore a full SharePoint application backup instance to its original location. The original location icon is selected by default; it represents the same farm where the backed up data originated.
When you use Catalogic DPX to restore a backup of SharePoint components from the backup of a physical node, you can only restore the MOSS Search Index (MOSSSEARCHINDEX) and the WSS Search Index (WSSSEARCHINDEX) components to their original (disk) locations.
You cannot select individual components (or servers) from the Configuration and Central Administration Databases group; you cannot restore that content unless it is defined as part of a full backup of the entire SharePoint application.
You can select the entire Search Database and Index files group, but again, you will not be able to select individual components.
You can select the full set of Shared Service Providers, or you can select one or more individual Shared Service Providers, but you cannot select the individual sub-components that appear under a single Shared Service Provider entity.
Before restoring a SQL database in a cluster environment, check to see if that SQL database is already present on the server. If the SQL database is missing, create a new, empty database before attempting to perform the restore.
You can individually select a SharePoint application’s content database component (or one of its sub-components) and restore it to an alternate SQL disk location, as shown in the following illustration:

Only restore the configuration database and the central administration database when required. To restore the content of web applications, only perform a restore of the content databases.
When running a SharePoint 2010 restore job, depending on the components selected for that restore, the post-restore stage could present a significant delay.

Last updated 1 year ago

When executing a SharePoint application restore, ensure the following dependencies and restrictions:

You can only restore a full SharePoint application backup instance to its original location. The original location icon is selected by default; it represents the same farm where the backed up data originated.
When you use Catalogic DPX to restore a backup of SharePoint components from the backup of a physical node, you can only restore the MOSS Search Index (MOSSSEARCHINDEX) and the WSS Search Index (WSSSEARCHINDEX) components to their original (disk) locations.
You cannot select individual components (or servers) from the Configuration and Central Administration Databases group; you cannot restore that content unless it is defined as part of a full backup of the entire SharePoint application.
You can select the entire Search Database and Index files group, but again, you will not be able to select individual components.
You can select the full set of Shared Service Providers, or you can select one or more individual Shared Service Providers, but you cannot select the individual sub-components that appear under a single Shared Service Provider entity.
Before restoring a SQL database in a cluster environment, check to see if that SQL database is already present on the server. If the SQL database is missing, create a new, empty database before attempting to perform the restore.
You can individually select a SharePoint application’s content database component (or one of its sub-components) and restore it to an alternate SQL disk location, as shown in the following illustration:

Note. To restore the SharePoint content database restore to a new location, redirect the web application’s configuration settings to use the new location for this relocated content database. (If you need to review relevant information about a given content database, you can refer to its configuration data, as recorded in its related backup job log.) As an alternative to reconfiguring the relocated content database, there is a Set Destination option for SharePoint restores that lets you configure a restore job that will create a new, preconfigured web application at the new location. For more information about this Create SharePoint Web Application job option, see .

Only restore the configuration database and the central administration database when required. To restore the content of web applications, only perform a restore of the content databases.
When running a SharePoint 2010 restore job, depending on the components selected for that restore, the post-restore stage could present a significant delay.