sharepoint backup

[MarekGr]

HI , can you help me with backup sharepoint server running in thevmware 4,1 ?

M$ says that correct backup is offline . The Vm machine must not running ... Why I shutdown vm vare machine backup and run ?

thanx

[vmroyale]

Hello and welcome to the communities.

Note: Discussion successfully moved from VMware ESX™ 4 to Backup & Recovery

What version of Sharepoint/SQL are you running and on what version of Windows?

You can get guaranteed application consistent backups with the SQL/Sharepoint services stopped, so you wouldn't need to power off the VM. What type/version is your backup software?

[MarekGr]

Hi ,

system is : windows 2008r and sharepoint 2010 or 2013 . SQL is in another server and it it sql 2008...

stoping sharepoint services is sufficient....

I have possibility of backup : M$ DPM and VmWare VDR

thank You very much

[MarekGr]

exist some solution for backup vmware before i create snapshot ? Etc. I want stop services before i run snapshot

[ldelloca]

Sharepoint (just like Exchange or SQL) is complaint to VSS, so any backup software able to use VSS libraries should be good to be used. Microsoft does not supports crash consistent snapshots (without VSS) but "application aware" snapshots are totally supported.

Many backup software do support VSS.

Luca.

[vmroyale]

There are two choices here:

(1) Use a backup product that can call a script to run prior to the job

(2) Run a script locally and then have the backup run - time-based scheduled approach.

[MarekGr]

install powercli to machine and create snapshot , clone a export ?

[MarekGr]

in organization i have dpm , but M$ do not recommendet live backup ...

[ldelloca]

Really? Where is that non reccomandation? Because I see the opposite:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb417449(v=office.12).aspx

and most of all this one:

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/SharePoint_2010-Availability-and-Recovery-Options.pdf

If Microsoft does not support VSS backup, than this paper from VMware is wrong...

Luca.