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Backup restore site collection sharepoint

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Backup restore site collection sharepoint is the mostly requested task for administrator. As an admin, you should know how to backup sharepoint site collection. When you need to migrate site collection from one environemnt to another environent Example Production to QA mostly, we follow the sharepoint back up restore method. It can be sharepoint content database backup restore method or only backup and restore site using powershell method.

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sharepoint backup and restore site collection methods

There are different ways to back up site in sharepoint and restore to different infracture. We can follow content database back up and restore method. Follow the post below on the same.

https://atomic-temporary-119393429.wpcomstaging.com/dismount-mount-content-database-in-sharepoint-2019-using-powershell/

we can follow any one of the backup and restore methods in sharepoint, find below:

  • Backup site collection using central admin.
  • Backup site collection using powershell
  • Restore site collection using powershell
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Backup site using central admin

Follow the step by step procedure to back sharepoint site using central admin method below:

  • Open “SharePoint Central Administration”
  • Click on “Backup and Restore” from left navigation.
  • Click on “Perform a site collection backup” present under “Granular Backup”.
  • Select “Site Collection” and enter backup file save path.
  • Select the check box “Overwrite existing file” so as to save and replace the existing file with same name.
  • proceed for click “Start Backup”.
Backup site collection using central admin
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  • Backup process will start with message “A site collection backup is currently in progress” under “Granular Backup Job Status” page. You will see page as shown below.
Granular Backup Job Status
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  • Click on “Refresh” to check the status in certain interval of time. You will see the completion status once done.
Granular Backup Job Status completed
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Backup site using powershell

You can follow powershell command which comes under sharepoint backup and restore best practices. Follow the step by step procedure below:

  • Run “SharePoint 2019 Management Shell” as an Administrator.
  • Run the command “Backup-SPSite” as shown in code below.
Backup-SPSite http://win-q2repghf9du/sites/DevSite -Path "C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak" -Verbose
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Restore site collection using powershell

Follow step by step procedure to restore site using powershell.

Identify the content database and respective DB server in which you are planning to restore by navigating “Manage Content Database -> Select web application -> Click on respective content database”.

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  • Run “SharePoint 2019 Management Shell” as an Administrator.
  • Run the command “Restore-SPSite” as shown in code below.
Restore-SPSite -Identity http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/ -Path C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak -DatabaseServer WIN-Q2REPGHF9DU -DatabaseName WSS_Content_WebApp -Force -Verbose
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if you are passing url http://win-q2repghf9du:44179/, restored site collection will be a root site collection, as below.

restored root site collection sharepoint
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if you are passing url http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites/DevSite, restored site collection will be created with same url, as below. This URL is the new site collection url as restored path.

Restore-SPSite -Identity http://win-q2repghf9du:27315/sites/DevSite -Path C:\backup\SharePoint\DevSite.bak -DatabaseServer WIN-Q2REPGHF9DU -DatabaseName WSS_Content_41dfb81a085a49b781b289e61fc4b037 -Force -Verbose
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Backup sharepoint online site collection

So as to take backup sharepoint online site collection, you need to contact microsoft support by creating a ticket.

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Dismount Mount content database in sharepoint 2019 using powershell

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As a sharepoint administrator you must be facing regular tasks to Dismount Mount content database in sharepoint 2019 using powershell. This is most common and frequest task everyone faces.

User requests to restore content database from sharepoint production environment for a particular date and time in UAT environment. In this case we use this content database back up and restore method by help of sql server team. After back and restore completed by sql team, as a sharepoint administrator we need to dismount the content database from web application and mount content database to web application at the destination location UAT.

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Request SQL database team to back up and restore with details as below.

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Source Environment Production

Source WebApplication : https://Prod-sharepointtechnicalsupport.com
Prod Content database : WSS_Content_39760_Prod
Database Server : MSSQL-PROD
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Destination Environement UAT

Destination WebApplication : https://UAT-sharepointtechnicalsupport.com
UAT Content database : WSS_Content_39760_UAT_22may2020   # This will be the name of restored Db
Database Server : MSSQL-UAT
Permission : Permissin maping WSS_Content_46298_2Jan2020 present in same server MSSQL-UAT and farm account "Administrator" should have admin permission in the content database.
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As a sharepoint administrator, you need to dismount (Previously there must be some content Db attached in the UAT site for example: WSS_Content_46298_2Jan2020) and mount the restored content database (WSS_Content_39760_UAT_22may2020) in destination environment UAT.

You need to use the commands “Dismount-SPContentDatabase” and “Mount-SPContentDatabase” to finish the task.

Dismount-SPContentDatabase WSS_Content_46298_2Jan2020
Mount-SPContentDatabase "WSS_Content_39760_UAT_22may2020" -DatabaseServer "MSSQL-UAT" -WebApplication https://UAT-sharepointtechnicalsupport.com
Dismount Mount content database in sharepoint 2019
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Follow the video below to get detail steps.

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Difference between Granular Backup and Farm Backup

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Granular Backup:

  • Granular backup is used for backing up a specific sharepoint entity, like a site collection, web or a list.
  • Granular has two main types which are site collections and Web site or list.
  • These backup mainly focuses on single content database.

  • Granular backups are content backups that work on the site collection, website, or list level.

  • These backups can be performed using Central Administration, STSADM, or PowerShell commands.
  • But it is not recommended to run site collection backups if your site collection is larger than
    around 15 GB.

Farm Backup:

  • The Farm Backup alternative is meant to be used in the scenario you describes: When you want to backup everything in the farm in one backup.
  • These are bascially towards web farms and web application levels.
  • These are basically into farm configurations, solution packages, web applications, service applications, whole content databases etc.
  • These backups can be performed using Central Administration, STSADM, or PowerShell commands.