Restoring SharePoint Server Data
Fully restoring a SharePoint site from a previous backup or from a snapshot can be a time-consuming and expensive process. You can restore the full backup directly to your production SharePoint server, which eliminates the need and expense of a recovery server – but that may take several hours and could make the server inaccessible for some time. Restoring directly to your production server also overwrites all of the current data on it, which is usually not desirable.
Alternatively, you could set up a recovery server that mirrors the configuration of the production SharePoint server and then restore the whole site to that server. However, servers are costly and the added expense of the necessary hardware seems exorbitant when all you need to do is search for and recover a few crucial items.
Additionally, it is time-consuming to properly set up the recovery server; and if the production server configuration was not fully documented, you may not be able to get it set up at all.
Ontrack® PowerControls™ gives you a much better option for restoring individual items, lists, libraries and folders.
By directly reading your existing content database backups, and allowing you to find and restore only the items you need, Ontrack PowerControls saves you significant time and eliminates the need for a recovery server.
Ontrack PowerControls ExtractWizard, an application included with the product, will read SharePoint database backups and give you the ability to restore a SharePoint MDF from tape.
Eliminate Same-Site Restore Constraints
Many SharePoint backup and recovery programs only allow you to restore the data to the same or a duplicate server. Ontrack PowerControls does not have this constraint. Restore items directly to a production SharePoint server, another SharePoint server or to a file system. This also removes the need for an expensive recovery server and the extra steps required to separately import sites back into a SharePoint server.
Maintain Data Integrity
When requests for SharePoint data restoration arise due to a legal or compliance matter, it can be critical to keep the metadata of restored items intact. Ontrack PowerControls does not change the metadata of the SharePoint source or target and maintains data integrity by performing read-only operations on the source files. It will not alter data when accessing the target and maintains metadata integrity throughout the restoration process.
