Backing up a farm for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Use the following steps to back up a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 farm.

To back up a farm for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

  1. On the navigation bar, click the arrow next to Backup.

  2. Click New Backup Job.

  3. In the Backup Selections pane, expand Microsoft SharePoint Server Farms.

  4. Expand a server farm that contains the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 components that you want to back up.

  5. Select the SharePoint resources you want to back up.

    See Selections options for backup jobs.

  6. In the Backup Job Properties pane, under Settings, click Microsoft SharePoint.

  7. Select the appropriate options.

    See Microsoft SharePoint backup options .

  8. In the Properties pane, select other backup options as needed.

  9. 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.

Backing up a farm for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or a Windows SharePoint Services 3.0