In this presentation, SharePoint expert and author John Ferringer will help you turn the focus away from what you should do before a disaster and start thinking about what you need to do after it. John will cover the characteristics of a successful restore, how to know when you've recovered your backups properly, and what you can do to better position your backups for a successful restore when the chips are down.

1. Backup is not Backup.
Restore is Backup.

2. About Me
 John Ferringer
 Senior Manager – Sogeti, LLC
 SharePoint Admin and Author
 @ferringer on Twitter
 Blog: www.MyCentralAdmin.com

3. Overview
 Why Backup is not Backup
 Why Restore is Backup
 Restore starts with Backup
 Restore and DR Planning
 The Nuts and Bolts of Restore

4. Backup is not Backup
 Huh?
 Why do you do it?
 How do you know
it’s working?

5. Restore is Backup
 Why do you back up?
To Restore!
 But remember:
you can’t Restore
without a backup!

6. Start with Effective Backups
 Check your Backup frequency
 Know your RTO and RPO
 Run them at the right time
 Know the tool you’re using
 Make sure they worked
 Storage
 Logs
 Test the results
 Practice!

7. We Talkin About Practice!

8. Restore and DR Planning
 Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
 How far back do you protect?
 Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
 How quickly do you recover?
 Who does the Restore?
 How do you execute the Restore?
 What gets Restored first?

9. What do you Restore?
 Content
 Content
 Content
 Service Apps?
 User Profiles?
 What do you REALLY need?

10. How are you going to Restore it?
 Mind your P’s
 Plan (DR)
 Practice
 Know your tools
 Central Admin
 PowerShell
 SQL Server
 End User recovery

11. Do you know what you had?
 Is it documented?
 What to capture?
 SharePoint version
 Farm Configuration
 Search Configuration
 Customizations
 Authentication Providers

12. The Nuts and Bolts of Restore

13. What type of Restore?
 Catastrophic
 Granular
 This is Export, not Restore
 Restores come in all shapes and sizes

14. What SharePoint Release?
 Your Version matters!
 SharePoint 2007 or earlier
 SharePoint 2010
 SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1

15. Wrapping it up
 Questions?
 My blog: http://www.MyCentralAdmin.com
 Follow me on Twitter: @Ferringer