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

Before you can back up a Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 server farm, you must add the farm to the backup selections list.

See Adding a SharePoint server farm to the backup selections list.

Use the following steps to back up a Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2010 farm or a Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010 farm.

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

  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 2010 components that you want to back up.

  5. Select the SharePoint resources that 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 2010 or Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010