This is NOT about what to do after your SharePoint Portal Server 2003 crashedThis is about What to backup on SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to be able to do Disaster Recovery in future.
1. Full farm backup using SharePoint Portal Server Backup and Restore tool
2. Full backup of SharePoint databases using SQL Server Enterprise Manager/SQL Server Management Studio For each farm Configuration database
STS_Config
For each Portal site Content databases
_SITE
_SERV
_PROF
For WSS2.0 sites Content databases
STS_Content
Incremental backups can be scheduled every night and Full backups can be scheduled every weekend.
3. C:\Inetpub\wwwroot folder
4. C:\Windows\Assembly folder
5. “C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60” folder
6. From registry export following folder “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\6.0”
7. Back Up IIS Metabase (IIS 6.0) using following steps:
To create a non-portable backup (password not required)1. In IIS Manager, right-click the local computer, click All Tasks, and click Backup/Restore Configuration. 2. Click Create Backup. 3. In the Configuration backup name box, type a name for the backup file. 4. Click OK, and then click Close.
The IIS metabase is created in the systemroot\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack folder.
Back Up and Restore the IIS Metabase (IIS 6.0)http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/131b609d-ff3a-488f-a8dd-13044fa623a1.mspx?mfr=true
In case we are not using Default locations please backup the custom locations.
Some useful articles:
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Backing Up Data
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointportaladmin/HA011603461033.aspx
SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Sample: Back Up and Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=F59D4BEA-2A51-4D7B-B9D6-3B8639554992&displaylang=en
How to move the databases that are used by SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to a computer that is running SQL Server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/894164
Supported scenario to restore a backup of data from the original release version of SharePoint Portal Server 2003 to SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891983
Supported scenarios for using the Stsadm.exe command-line tool to back up and to restore Windows SharePoint Services Web sites and personal sites in SharePoint Portal Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889236
How to Write a Back Up and Restore Application for SharePoint Portal Server 2003
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms916824.aspx
Backing up SharePoint Portal Server 2003 databases hosted on remote SQL server causes the Backup Exec Remote Agent to crash
http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/288594.htm
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