Summary
Your farm is a unique and constantly changing complex system. When focusing on how to back this up and restore it successfully, you will need clearly documented and tested steps. You can’t fully rely on automated tools, partly because they can’t capture everything and partly because they can only capture what you tell them to and when. Keep in mind that your SharePoint farm will have external dependencies that must also be backed up and restored before it can be restored. Also, SharePoint is not just the SharePoint application and its settings; it is also built on Windows servers, a network, and SQL Server. Without these parts, it can’t function for your users.
The most important and valuable parts of your SharePoint farm are the parts ...
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