SharePoint 2013 Backups and Restores

The SharePoint 2013 backup architecture and recovery processes include farm backup and recovery, granular backup and recovery, and recovery from an unattached content database. You can complete backup and recovery operations by using the SharePoint Central Administration website or Windows PowerShell cmdlets. Note that some built-in backup and recovery tools may not meet all the requirements of your organization.

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The following articles on TechNet and related resources provide information about backup solutions for SharePoint 2013.The IT professionals who are responsible for backup and recovery solutions are expected to have an understanding of the technical backup details.

A backup is a copy of data that is used to restore and recover that data after a system failure. While backups allow you to restore data after a failure they are also useful to keep for routine purposes. These purposes include copying a database from one server to another, setting up database mirroring, and archiving to comply with regulatory requirements.

Back up farms in SharePoint 2013

Back up farm configurations in SharePoint 2013

Back up web applications in SharePoint 2013

Back up service applications in SharePoint 2013

Back up User Profile service applications in SharePoint Server 2013

Back up the Secure Store Service in SharePoint 2013

Back up content databases in SharePoint 2013

Back up databases to snapshots in SharePoint Server 2013

Back up customizations in SharePoint 2013

Back up site collections in SharePoint 2013

Export sites, lists, or document libraries in SharePoint 2013

SharePoint 2010 Granular Backups

Today, I have analyzed as well as tested sharepoint 2010 granular backups strategies. If we compare to SharePoint 2007 then we need to perform every task by using stsadm n GUI doesnt have any support. But in SharePoint 2010, Microsoft has introduced this functionality by which we can implement the granular backups by using GUI i.e. Central Administration as well as by using POWERSHELL.

Explored two options as follows:
1. Perform a site collection Backup
2. Export a list

Please refer the following steps as how i have executed these operations:

Backing up a site collection:
1.Central Administration
2.Select Backup and Restore
3.From the UI select Perform a site collection backup
4.Select the appropriate site collection from the pull down menu
5.Include proper UNC path including backup file named like: filename.bak
6.Selecting Start backup redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

Backing up a Site, Library, or List

Exporting a Site/sub-site

Export a specific site using Central Administrator:
1. Select Backup and Restore
2. From the UI select Export a site or list
3. Select Site Collection\Site "leave list drop down clear"
4. Optional categories is to export full security or export versioning history
5. Selecting Start export redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

Export a specific list or library:

1. Select Backup and Restore
2. From the UI select Export a site or list
3. Select Site Collection\Site
4. Select a list
5. Optional categories “export full security or export versioning history”
6. Selecting Start export redirects to _admin/sitebackuporexportstatus.aspx page.

I hope the above information will helps you to understand the granular backups present in sharepoint 2010. If you face any issues then please let me know....I would be more than happy to help you and resolve your issues.. Thanks !!!