Backup Restore in sharepoint 2013 + Backup and Recovery Tools for SharePoint

A good backup is an excellent approach to prevent data loss & repair database in most of the data corruption cases.

If your backup is not well structured then it will not help you to recover your data at any cost.

Back up a site collection by using Windows PowerShell

Backup-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionGUIDorURL> -Path <BackupFile> [-Force]

Example: Backup-SPSite -Identity http://sharepointamol/sites/planet -Path D:\planet.bak -force

Along with this, we can use the following parameters with respect to our requirements:

-Force: overwrite a previously used backup file

-NoSiteLock: keep the read-only lock from being set on the site collection while it is being backed up

Restore site collection by using windows PowerShell

Restore-SPSite -Identity <SiteCollectionURL> -Path <BackupFile>  -Force

Back up a Farm in SharePoint 2013 by using windows PowerShell

Backup-SPFarm -Directory <BackupFolder> -BackupMethod {Full | Differential} [-Verbose]

<BackupFolder> is the path of a folder on the local computer

Backing up sites, lists, and libraries

Export-SPWeb –Identity “http://SharePointamol/Planets/SharePoint2013” –Path “E:\Backups\SharePointPlanetSite.cmp”

Import List: Using Powershell

Import-SPWeb http://sharepointamol.com -path E:\backup\planets.cmp -updateversions overwrite

Backup and Recovery Tools for SharePoint

http://www.topsharepoint.com/backup-and-recovery-tools-for-sharepoint

DocAve Backup and Restore for Microsoft® SharePoint Backup

http://www.avepoint.com/sharepoint-backup-and-restore-docave/

A Simple Way to Restore Individual SharePoint Documents

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/enterprise-cms/a-simple-way-to-restore-individual-sharepoint-documents-004917.php

Performance best practices for SharePoint backup and restore operations

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg266384.aspx#section_perf

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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