Special Edition Using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server By Robert Ferguson
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Chapter 13. Backup, Restore, and Duplication
One of the first steps you need to take before choosing the appropriate backup and restore strategy is defining the availability requirements of your data. You need to understand when your data needs to be accessible for the users, content owners , and administrators of SharePoint Portal Server. Also, analyzing the potential impact of data loss to your business is imperative.
The following questions will help you determine the availability requirements for your SharePoint Portal workspace:
At what time of each day is the workspace heavily utilized by users, content owners, and administrators?
What are the availability requirements?
What is the acceptable downtime?
How easy would it be to re-create the data and configuration of the SharePoint Portal Server system?
What are the financial downtime costs to the business?
During the backup process, SharePoint Portal Server does not allow certain functions to be performed; we will explain this in this chapter, and it should be taken into consideration. Keep in mind that it is always a good idea to run your backup procedures during minimal usage periods to eliminate the possibility of errors. The overall backup strategy should define time and frequency of your backups .
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It is a best practice to review these requirements with your stakeholders before creating your backup and restore procedures.