14.3. Backup and Restore

Although the backing up and restoring process is familiar to anyone who has managed a server farm or even a small server closet, I can't stress enough that this is a vital set of skills to acquire and possess. All your skills in configuring and managing SharePoint site collections and services won't do much good if the system goes down or is corrupted and you either have never performed a backup or haven't a clue how to perform a restore.

You've gone through a rather grand tour so far in this chapter but haven't really gotten your hands dirty. It's time to change that with Exercise 14.1, where you'll learn how to perform a backup. For this exercise, you'll need to be logged into Central Administration with administrator ...

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