Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Backing Up a Site Collection

To back up a site collection using the SharePoint Central Administration tool, perform the following steps:

1. Open the SharePoint Central Administration site on a SharePoint Server (Start, All Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, SharePoint 2010 Central Administration).
2. Select Backup and Restore in Quick Launch.
3. Select Perform a Site Collection Backup, under the Granular Backup section.
4. On the Site Collection Backup page, select a site collection to backup from the drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 10.8.

   Figure 10.8. Performing a granular SharePoint site backup.

   

5. Enter the backup location and the filename ...