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A backup or the process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.

A backup or the process of backing up is making copies of data which may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. Backups have two distinct purposes. The primary purpose is to recover data after its loss, be it by data deletion or corruption. The secondary purpose of backups is to recover data from an earlier time, according to a user-defined data retention policy, typically configured within a backup application for how long copies of data are required.

Questions with the backup tag regards the process of, implementation and configuration of backing up.

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Does Sharepoint Differential backup put the site collection in read only mode?

Does Sharepoint Differential backup put the site collection in read only mode?
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Differential backup failed, "perform a full database backup"

I've just setup SharePoint on a dedicated server and I am now going through setting up the backup plans before we start really using it. Because SharePoint does not have an "automated" backup solution, I have had to use Scheduled tasks and the…
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Backup/Restore sub site from previous version

we want to restore one of the deleted subsite from backup using thrid party software. The problem we are facing is, Sharepoint got upgraded after the subsite was deleted and if we try to restore it now, it says unmatched version. that means, the…
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Sharepoint 2010 farm backup - what is not backed up?

When I do a farm backup either using Central Admin or Powershell, what are the stuffs that does not get included in the backup and that I have to manually back them up. A comprenshive list would be much appreciated and one that takes into account as…
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What is the best backup solution for SharePoint 2007

What is the best backup solution available in the market for SharePoint? I am thinking of AvePoint's backup solution vs Idera's backup solution. Do you recommend anything? Are there any pro's and con's? What should be considered in choosing a good…
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How do I schedule site collection or site backups?

I know I can use PowerShell or Central Admin to backup a SharePoint site collection or site. Is there a way to automate this process or do I have to create a scheduled task that runs either a PowerShell or stsadm command?
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End user site backup

Now that SharePoint Designer 2010 does not allow end users to make backups of their sites, are there any other options for an end user or site collection administrator to backup or migrate a SharePoint 2010 site/site collection? Can the…
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How to copy an entire content database to another server

I just installed a new farm, we want to copy from another server (prod), all content from a web application, fortunately its only one content db, I already have the dba doing the backup, and the restore, but what should I do in the new…
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Backup a Blog site

I have set up a new SharePoint environment for learning purpose. I have also started utilizing the O-O-T-B Blog website to create my own posts during the learning phase. As the learning continues, I may have to reinstall SharePoint in future. …
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How to back up a site collection without Data?

Is there a way to backup site collection without data? if not, is there a way restore the site collection from backup but without the data. The site collection backup is 150gb and I only need the site collection without the data in QC farm.
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SharePoint Farm backup or Site Collection backup

We are in the process of moving our Sharepoint VM instance from one DC to the other.But i would like to have some backup before the move. They are requesting to clone the server. Anyways whats the difference between a SharePoint Farm or Site…
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Backup SharePoint whether to include the 14 folder and website

Our administrators wish to back up the SharePoint content database. Is there anything critical that needs to be backed up as well? I am thinking to back up the SharePoint web application, and the 14 folder perhaps, but I do not know if for example…
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sharepoint 2010 differential backup script

Is this the right way to write a SharePoint 2010 differential backup script? @echo off echo ==================================================== echo Backup Script For SharePoint Server 2010 echo…
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Why not back up whole server?

I apologize if this is already answered somewhere but I couldn't find it. I'm a bit of a newbie here; I'm wondering if it's possible to simply do a full-system backup instead of having to do any kind of specialized SP/SQL backups. Is the only…
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Related to share point back up and restore from 2003 version to 2013 version

I am very new in share point and i have a task to take complete backup of share point server 2003 to another server 2013 so i have done the backup process with share point server 2003 but when i restore it in share point 2013 so i am facing many…
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