Methods of backup SharePoint 2010

The planing of the backup and restoration is a critical point in any production environment. Even when the environment is not critical it´s really handy to be able to use a backup,it´s a matter of saving time and effort.

SharePoint 2010 gives us a great advantage with the interface, an easy way to run a backup or perform a restore, even though the scheduled option is not available yet (maybe some day ... ).

An easy way to get our goal is using the PowerShell.

The first question we need to answer is what we want and need to save. The "how" is what I´m discussing here, depending on the object;

SQL is strong and the maintenance plans are a great way to schedule and run backups. We´ll get consistence backups.

Other option not treated here is using a third backup solution. Nowadays some providers implement their backup solutions into SharePoint, as for example Data Protector 6.11, but let´s speak later on this subject.

The user profile service fails when backing up the farm (spbackup-farm). Part II: The workaround

After the post titled "SP2010::Servicio de Perfiles de usuario falla cuando se realiza copia de seguridad de la granja (spbackup-farm). Parte I: explicacion y causa" http://frommywindows.blogspot.com/2012/08/sp2010servicio-de-perfiles-de-usuario.html  here I come with the second part ...

These are some of the workarounds I´ve tried with different results ..

• Reset the user profile service application;
• http://frommywindows.blogspot.com/2012/08/sp2010resetear-el-servicio-de-perfiles.html
• Restore the service using an old farm backup, ensuring that the DDBBs are not corrupted. It takes short time and the succeed is almost warranty.
• Re-creation of the service re-using both profile and social databases;
• http://frommywindows.blogspot.com/2012/07/re-creacion-del-user-profile-service.html
 

I got the service back with the second option, It was fast and worked nicely.The third solution restored the service but It was slow and was behaving in an weird way.

There´s one more option, creating a new user profile service application, which in my case was not possible due to the audiences.

In english

Due to the subject of this blog I just decided to write it in english. From now on I´ll try to keep it in this language, the IT one.

SP13::Service applications - few changes

The SharePoint  13 version provides the same versatility and flexibility for the service applications, using the same connection system between web applications and service applications, we might create as much connections as necessary.

The model remains, just few changes to keep in mind.  As follows...

Some service applications disappeared:

• Office Web apps is not a SharePoint´s service application anymore, but an independent product.

• Web analytics is part of the Search Service application

Some new service applications:

• App management service

• SharePoint Translation services
• Access Services App databases  (requisite SQL 2012)  and some others ….

SP2010::Servicio de Perfiles de usuario falla cuando se realiza copia de seguridad de la granja (spbackup-farm). Parte I: explicacion y causa

El servicio de perfiles de usuario es uno de los mas complejos de SharePoint, y tras configurarlo correctamente un día vemos con sorpresa como deja de funcionar.

Escenario:

• El conector con el directorio Activo a desaparecido : "the query returns nothing" es el mensaje que aparece en la central de administracion
• El servicio de sincronización esta en estado "starting" y no se puede parar. Puedes intentar reiniciar el times, hacer IISreset, o reiniciar la granja, pero puede que el servicio no cambie de estado.

Si estas haciendo la copia de seguridad del servicio o la de la granja este es un buen motivo para que deje de funcionar. En el tech de Microsoft aparece este escenario, pero es posible que no le hayamos prestado la atención suficiente. Además esta información no esta en la parte de backup, y esto puede llevarnos a estar en desconocimiento de lo que sucede cuando se realiza backup de la granja.

La causa ...

 

Mas información: 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee721049.aspx#RemovePermsProc

La explicacion ... cuando se realiza el backup de la granja o de la propia aplicacion de perfiles de usuario el proceso desprovisiona las BBDDs. Cuando finaliza el backup el usuario de la granja debe ser administrador local del servidor donde se ejecute la instancia de sincronizacion (llamado FIM server) para que pueda asi disponer de los permisos adecuados a la hora de provisionar las BBDDs. Esto no esta recomendado por MS.

 Escribire la "Parte II" de las posibles opciones que disponemos para solventar esta situacion.