Acronis SharePoint Explorer User Guide
Table of contents 1 2 Introducing Acronis SharePoint Explorer ....................................................................................3 1.1 Supported Microsoft SharePoint versions ............................................................................. 3 1.2 Supported backup locations .................................................................................................. 3 1.3 Licensing .......................................................................................
1 Introducing Acronis SharePoint Explorer Acronis SharePoint Explorer is a tool intended for extraction of Microsoft SharePoint data from single-pass backups or from Microsoft SQL databases. A single-pass backup is an application-aware disk backup which enables browsing and recovery of the backed-up application data without recovering the entire disk or volume.
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2 Installation 2.1 Components and system requirements To use Acronis SharePoint Explorer, you need a functioning Microsoft SharePoint farm. Acronis SharePoint Explorer consists of an agent and a console. The system requirements for these components are described below. For additional information, please refer to "Installation examples" (p. 5). Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent The agent must be installed on a machine running 64-bit Windows and Microsoft SharePoint Front-end Server.
The only difference is in handling unattached databases. Example 1: Typical configuration Microsoft SharePoint farm (64-bit) (any configuration) Acronis Backup Agent for SQL Microsoft SharePoint recovery farm (64-bit) Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console Microsoft .NET Framework If the database is not attached, Acronis SharePoint Explorer will attach it to the SQL Server instance running on the recovery farm.
Typical installation: Enables full functionality Microsoft SharePoint front-end Web server (64-bit) Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent Microsoft SQL Server Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console Microsoft .NET Framework --------------------------------- Acronis Backup Agent for SQL Acronis Backup Command-Line Tool This configuration enables you to extract SharePoint data from single-pass disk and application backups or from SQL databases.
Installation with remote SQL server: Enables limited functionality Microsoft SharePoint front-end Web Server (64-bit) Microsoft SQL Server Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console Microsoft .NET Framework This configuration enables you to extract SharePoint data from SQL databases attached to a SQL Server instance located anywhere on the network, as long as it is accessible by both the console and SharePoint Web Front-end.
The Log on as a service user right will be assigned to either of the accounts. If the machine is part of an Active Directory domain, make sure that the domain's security policies do not prevent the account from having this user right. b. By default, the agent uses TCP port 9879 for communication with the console. If another program already uses this port, you are prompted to specify a different port for the agent to listen on for incoming connections. Details.
3 Extracting SharePoint data 3.1 Connecting to the agent To connect the console to the agent 1. Do any of the following: Click Acronis SharePoint Explorer Console on the desktop of the machine with the console. If Acronis Backup Management Console is running on the same machine, click Extract SharePoint Data on the Tools menu. 2. In the opened window, specify the SharePoint Web Front-end server where Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent is installed.
3.2 Choosing an extraction method Acronis SharePoint Explorer enables you to extract SharePoint data from either single-pass backups or Microsoft SQL databases. The single-pass backups or databases from which you extract data must originate from the same SharePoint version as the one where Acronis SharePoint Explorer is installed. If you are sure that you want to extract data from an SQL database, continue to "SQL database" (p. 13).
5. Recover the database containing the required data and extract the data from this SQL database (p. 13). If the database is large, this may take a lot of time and disk space. 3.2.1 Alternative workflow We recommend using this extraction method if any of the following is true: You are using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 or Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. Your single-pass backups are encrypted or password-protected.
2. Specify the location of the single-pass backups of this machine. If prompted, provide access credentials for the location. 3. Select a point in time to be used for extraction. The data will be extracted in the state it was at the point in time you specify. 4. Select a local SQL Server instance to mount the database to. Provide access credentials for the instance. If the auto-filled credentials do not have sufficient permissions, provide SQL Server authentication credentials.
The software prompts for the location of a remote instance. Specify the location in the Server_name\Instance_name format. Tip. In order to connect to the default instance of a SQL Server, type Server_name\MSSQLSERVER. Click List databases. Provide access credentials for the instance. If the auto-filled credentials do not have sufficient permissions, provide SQL Server authentication credentials. Minimum SQL Server security roles required: public for the instance, db_owner for the database.
functioning SharePoint farm. For the information on why and how to do this, refer to "What to do with the Content Migration Package file" (p. 16). Extract all items to a functioning site. All items selected in the previous step will be extracted to the %TEMP% folder, and then automatically imported to a functioning SharePoint farm. There must be enough disk space on the machine running Acronis SharePoint Explorer Agent for these temporary files. 3.
4 Actions after extraction 4.1 What to do if the extracted site is not accessible If you extracted a site to functioning farm, and the account of the former administrator of this site does not exist in this farm, SharePoint will not allow access to the site. This may be the case if you extracted a site from a different farm, or if that administrator account was deleted. To allow access to the site, specify an existing user as the site administrator by using SharePoint Central Administration.
Overwrite the item and all of its versions (delete item, then add item). 3 Skip the item. 4 Terminate the import operation if a name conflict is detected. Example 2: Importing to a different Microsoft SharePoint farm Acronis SharePoint Explorer can import data only to the SharePoint farm where its agent is installed. If you want to import data to a different Microsoft SharePoint farm, extract the data by using Acronis SharePoint Explorer and save the data as Content Migration Package.
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