About using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010

The Symantec Backup Exec Agent for Microsoft SharePoint (SharePoint Agent) includes support for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010.

SharePoint 2010 offers new metadata features including tags, social bookmarks, and content ratings. These new types of metadata are stored in the service applications that reside outside of the content database. For example, enterprise managed tags reside in the Managed Metadata Service application. You should make sure to back up all of your service applications to ensure that all metadata is protected.

Any metadata that is stored outside of the content database cannot be restored using Granular Recovery Technology (GRT). You can, however, use GRT to restore SharePoint data with metadata attached to it. As long as the metadata resides in the same service application, SharePoint maintains the link between the data and the metadata.

Backup Exec provides a hierarchical tree view of SharePoint resources in the Backup Selections pane.

In the Backup Selections pane, Microsoft SharePoint Server Farms shows a logical view of the topology of each server farm on your network.

Figure: Microsoft Office SharePoint 2010 example (Backup Selections pane – View by Resource tab)

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 backup view About using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010

More Information

Backing up a farm for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 or Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010

Backing up individual SharePoint 2010 Web applications in a Microsoft SharePoint server farm

About restoring resources for SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010

Redirecting a restore job for SharePoint 2010

Redirecting the restore of individual SharePoint 2010 objects to a file path

Redirecting the restore of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 Web application

Redirecting the restore of a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 database to an alternate SQL instance

Recovering SharePoint 2010 data after a disaster

About using the SharePoint Agent with SharePoint Server 2010 and Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010