Microsoft SharePoint restore options

You can set specific options for SharePoint when you run a restore job.

Table: Microsoft SharePoint restore options

Item

Description

Bring restored databases online

Brings the databases online after a restore job.

Reconnect previous database links

Re-establishes the link between the restored databases and their corresponding sites when you restore Web applications or Windows SharePoint Services sites.

Release the lock on the SharePoint farm topology if it is set (SharePoint 2003 only)

Releases the lock on the SharePoint farm topology before you run the backup or restore operation. Because another application may have locked the topology, you should check with your SharePoint administrator before you select this option. This option is for SharePoint 2003 only.

Preserve existing Internet Services (IIS) Web site and application pool (SharePoint 2007 and 2010 only)

Preserves the web site and application pool for the SharePoint Web application that you restore if it already exists in IIS. If you do not check this option, the Web site and application pool are deleted from IIS during the restore. After they are deleted, they are recreated in the default location that SharePoint specifies. This option is for SharePoint 2007 and 2010 only.

Replace existing database

Specifies that you want to replace existing databases on the specified SQL server instance with the databases being restored. Otherwise, an error occurs if databases with the same names as those being restored exist on the specified SQL server instance.

If versioning is enabled on the restore destination

Allows you to choose from the following options if versioning is enabled on the destination to which you want to restore an individual item:

  • Add as a new version

    Backup Exec restores the existing item as a new version, which makes 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

Allows you to choose from the following options if versioning is not enabled on the destination to which you want to restore an individual 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.

Restore only the most recent version of an item

Restores only the most recent version of an item.

Include security information

Restores any applicable security information with the item.

You can restore different levels of security based on the SharePoint item you restore:

  • Sites – User and SharePoint Group information and security ACL are restored for top-level sites

  • Sub-sites – Security ACL is restored

  • Lists – Security ACL and other security-related information is restored

The procedures for restoring SharePoint data vary depending on the type of data you want to restore.

Microsoft SharePoint restore options