Restoring individual SharePoint 2010 objects from full database backups to their original locations

You can restore individual documents, images, sites, sub-sites, lists, and list items from full SharePoint database backup jobs if you selected the following option during the backup job:

Use Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) to enable the restore of individual documents from the database backup (available for full backups only)

See About restoring resources for SharePoint Server 2010 and SharePoint Foundation 2010.

See How to restore individual items by using Granular Recovery Technology.

Note:

If you restore into an existing site collection, the logon account that you use must have appropriate rights to create objects in that site collection. If you restore into a site collection that does not exist, the logon account becomes the primary site collection owner.

The option to enable the restore of individual objects is not available for differential backup jobs.

To restore individual objects from full database backups to their original locations

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

  2. Click New Restore Job.

  3. On the View by Resource tab, expand the server farm that contains the Web application where the individual objects you want to restore reside.

  4. Expand Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application.

  5. Expand the Web application that contains the content database from which you want to restore objects.

  6. Expand the content database that contains the objects you want to restore.

  7. Expand the backup set that contains the objects you want to restore.

  8. Expand the content database.

  9. Expand the folder that contains the objects you want to restore.

  10. In the Results pane, select the objects that you want to restore.

  11. In the Restore Job Properties pane, under Settings, click Microsoft SharePoint.

  12. Do one of the following:


    If versioning is enabled on the restore destination

    Select one of the following options:

    • Add as a new version

      Backup Exec restores the existing item as a new version, making it the most recent version of the existing item.

    • Skip if the item exists

      Backup Exec does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. Backup Exec notes that the file was skipped in the job log.

    • Restore over existing items

      Backup Exec replaces the existing item with the restored item.

    If versioning is not enabled on the restore destination

    Select one of the following options:

    • Skip if the item exists

      Backup Exec does not restore the item if an identical item exists in the restore destination. Backup Exec notes that the file was skipped in the job log.

    • Restore over existing items

      Backup Exec replaces the existing item with the restored item.

  13. In the Restore Job Properties pane, select other restore options as needed.

  14. 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.

Restoring individual SharePoint 2010 objects from full database backups to their original locations