Re: Backup Sharepoint with Web Parts & Customization

I have spoke to Avepoint and they told me that by using their products DocAve 
& SPDR it will do complete backup EXCEPT webparts.

I think I am going to need to maintain a standby server and just deploy 
webparts on both live and standby.  Unfortunately this would be the most 
expensive solution as it would require a second license for Sharepoint Portal 
Server. 

"Steve Smith" wrote:

> Avepoint 3.1 can backup customization , webparts and portal areas but you 
> must buy the portal and wss version not the wss standalone version.
> 
> Steve Smith
> 
> UK Sharepoint Training
> http://www.combined-knowledge.com/sharepoint_knowledge_tracks.htm
> 
> 
> 
> "RHankin" <RHankin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
> news:8F345BBE-676E-4C77-AF58-C242E2DF9096@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > As far as I am aware, Avepoint only does sites and document level 
> > restores -
> > not portal and webpart/customized pages.  I have not heard of NSE.
> > I trialled DocAve 3.1 and found it very slow to use but it restored single
> > files well.  All of these systems seem to be aimed at recovering documents
> > and sites should you have a small mishap.  Commvault is the only one that
> > does full disaster recovery as it backs up web parts too
> >
> > "Steve Smith" wrote:
> >
> >> You are correct Commvault is able to backup all levels of Sharepoint
> >> including the customization , there is also Avepoint and NSE . If it is a
> >> single box installation of Sharepoint then Avepoints solution is fairly
> >> reasonably priced.
> >> You are also correct that the only other way to do this is to have a
> >> seperate box to use for test restores. Then if a web part needs to be
> >> restored to the live system you can export from one and import into the
> >> other.
> >>
> >> Steve Smith
> >> www.combined-knowledge.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "RHankin" <RHankin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:C76B69BB-7342-4415-A560-E1AA1E25F3D5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > As far as I know, the only product on the market which can achieve this 
> >> > is
> >> > Commvault Galaxy backup for Sharepoint.
> >> > Has anyone produced a solution which uses any other software or the
> >> > utilities provided in Sharepoint?
> >> >
> >> > The only solution I can come up with is to have another server with the
> >> > same
> >> > setup then down the services and copy all of the files within the
> >> > Sharepoint
> >> > directories over to the standby server. This could be scheduled.
> >> > This could then be complemented by doing a backup and restore of the 
> >> > sql
> >> > databases.
> >> > If the servers used within the farm are all aliased then you can set 
> >> > the
> >> > local hosts file on the server to point this alias locally.  A quick 
> >> > dns
> >> > change would swap the live server over to the standby server in a DR
> >> > situation.
> >> >
> >> > I don't know if this theory stands up because of issues with web parts
> >> > needing to be imported into the GAC.
> >> >
> >> > I am desperate to use Sharepoint more within the business but can't
> >> > because
> >> > there is no recovery solution.  The company will not purchase commvault 
> >> > as
> >> > it
> >> > is not used enough.   you see my issue.
> >> >
> >> > If anyone has any ideas on this or can think of any other possible
> >> > solutions
> >> > or software please let me know.
> >> >
> >> > If I manage to find anything I will let you all know.
> >>
> >>
> >> 
> 
> 
> 
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: DB architecture for WSS sites on SPS server
    ... sharepoint servers or use it for other products such as SQL, ... Commvault will require a different server to be installed on (you dont ... We had purchased the Veritas SharePoint backup agent to plug into our ... recommended to create seperate databases for the content. ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • Re: DB architecture for WSS sites on SPS server
    ... sharepoint servers or use it for other products such as SQL, ... Commvault will require a different server to be installed on (you dont ... We had purchased the Veritas SharePoint backup agent to plug into our ... recommended to create seperate databases for the content. ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • Re: Backup Sharepoint with Web Parts & Customization
    ... > & SPDR it will do complete backup EXCEPT webparts. ... > I think I am going to need to maintain a standby server and just deploy ... > expensive solution as it would require a second license for Sharepoint ... >>>> seperate box to use for test restores. ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • Sharepoint Portal Server 2003 Backup: Is it even possible?
    ... I've RTFM'ed, read the FAQs, read the newsgroups, read the two sharepoint ... production server running Sharepoint Portal 2003 with a single site. ... prove that the backup works successfully and know how to restore if the prod ... - I backup the config database and 3 content databases that I have for my site ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)
  • RE: Sharepoint Data Recovery -Urgent!
    ... Pre-requisites for Sharepoint Installation: ... Windows 2003 Server with Latest Service Pack ... Start Run  IISRESET ... Pre-requisites for Sharepoint Backup and Restore: ...
    (microsoft.public.sharepoint.portalserver)