Acronis SharePoint Explorer USER GUIDE
Table of contents 1 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.
4 Acronis Backup Advanced for SharePoint Acronis Backup for Windows Server Essentials Acronis Backup Advanced for VMware / Hyper-V / RHEV / Citrix XenServer / Oracle VM Acronis Backup Advanced Universal License Copyright © Acronis International GmbH, 2002-2014
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.
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 both the console and SharePoint Web Front-end server are included in Active Directory, the box is auto-filled with the server's fully-qualified domain name. We recommend that you keep this setting.
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).
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. In either case, you need to first mount the necessary database and then use Acronis SharePoint Explorer. To extract SharePoint data from a single-pass backup 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
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. Minimum SQL Server security roles required: public for the instance, db_owner for the database. Acronis SharePoint Explorer interacts with Acronis Backup to temporarily mount a backed-up database to the specified Microsoft SQL Server 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. A list of the databases attached to the specified instance is shown. Select the database which contains the data to extract. The software prompts for database files that contain the data to extract. Specify the location of a consistent set of .mdf, .ldf and (optionally) .ndf files.
3.6 Destination Specify the destination for the extracted data. Depending on your choice in the previous step, you can specify the following destinations: If you chose either to only save the attachments or to save items as Content Migration Package (.cmp), specify a local or a network folder. If prompted, provide access credentials. If you chose to extract items to a functioning site, specify a SharePoint site or a site collection to extract the data to.
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.
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. Then, run Stsadm.
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