Data Protector Express User Guide (TC330-96005, September 2011)

window and all replication tasks, which are automatically created by the system if the server
is configured as a replication distributor.
• During installation of a server, the setup program automatically creates two devices (of 2MB
and 1MB) on the same disk drive as the master database and then places the msdb database
on the 2MB device (MSDBDATA) and its transaction log on the 1MB device (MSDBLOG).
Scheduling information is then stored in this database.
• During a rebuild of the master database, the setup program drops and recreates the msdb
database, which results in a loss of all scheduling information.
Protecting Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
This section contains information for the backup and restore of Windows SharePoint Services.
Windows SharePoint Services protection concepts
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is a free component of certain Windows Server operating
systems. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server is a web-based collaboration application that runs on
Microsoft Windows and uses SharePoint Services. SharePoint Services uses a Microsoft SQL Server
database for storing data and metadata. The version of SQL Server depends upon the installation
and whether SharePoint Portal Server is installed. Windows SharePoint Services uses a special
version of MSDE, known as SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) or WMSDE. If SharePoint
Portal Server is installed, SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) or SQL Server 2000 is used
instead.
Data Protector Express will automatically discover all SharePoint Services databases and manage
them for backup and recovery as separate objects. Backing up an entire system will also include
those databases.
If you are using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, you need
to use the Data Protector Express Agent for Microsoft SQL Server to protect the SQL Server database.
Protecting Windows SharePoint Services
Data Protector Express is designed specifically to protect the databases of Windows SharePoint
Services. These databases will appear in the Data Protector Express Administrator GUI with the
name of the database instance. This name will depend on the version of SharePoint Services that
is installed. When using SharePoint 2.0 “SHAREPOINT” is the default name. When using SharePoint
Services 3.0, “Microsoft ##SSEE” is the default name. In addition to storing Web site content in
a WMSDE/SSEE SQL database, Windows SharePoint Services stores certain files including
Windows SharePoint Services virtual server configuration, style sheets (CSS), themes, and
customization information for site definitions are stored in the SharePoint installation directory on
the file system.
Regular backups of the “SHAREPOINT” databases in conjunction with File System backup will
ensure protection and integrity of SharePoint Services virtual servers, the document repository,
users, security settings, and permissions.
IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you enable Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service
(VSS) option for backup jobs when creating DR backup sets. Enabling the VSS option will ensure
that the user can restore all WSS components in a consistent state during the disaster recovery
process.
NOTE: The instructions for the additional steps are outlined in the Disaster Recovery section
(page 64).
To allow a consistent restore the backup set for WSS must include the following components (if
you select the entire system for backup, these components are all included):
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