window and all replication tasks, which are automatically created by the system if the server is configured as a replication distributor.

During installation of a server, the setup program automatically creates two devices (of 2MB and 1MB) on the same disk drive as the master database and then places the msdb database on the 2MB device (MSDBDATA) and its transaction log on the 1MB device (MSDBLOG).

Scheduling information is then stored in this database.

During a rebuild of the master database, the setup program drops and recreates the msdb database, which results in a loss of all scheduling information.

Protecting Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services

This section contains information for the backup and restore of Windows SharePoint Services.

Windows SharePoint Services protection concepts

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is a free component of certain Windows Server operating systems. Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server is a web-based collaboration application that runs on Microsoft Windows and uses SharePoint Services. SharePoint Services uses a Microsoft SQL Server database for storing data and metadata. The version of SQL Server depends upon the installation and whether SharePoint Portal Server is installed. Windows SharePoint Services uses a special version of MSDE, known as SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows) or WMSDE. If SharePoint Portal Server is installed, SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE) or SQL Server 2000 is used instead.

Data Protector Express will automatically discover all SharePoint Services databases and manage them for backup and recovery as separate objects. Backing up an entire system will also include those databases.

If you are using Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server or Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, you need to use the Data Protector Express Agent for Microsoft SQL Server to protect the SQL Server database.

Protecting Windows SharePoint Services

Data Protector Express is designed specifically to protect the databases of Windows SharePoint Services. These databases will appear in the Data Protector Express Administrator GUI with the name of the database instance. This name will depend on the version of SharePoint Services that is installed. When using SharePoint 2.0 “SHAREPOINT” is the default name. When using SharePoint Services 3.0, “Microsoft ##SSEE” is the default name. In addition to storing Web site content in a WMSDE/SSEE SQL database, Windows SharePoint Services stores certain files including Windows SharePoint Services virtual server configuration, style sheets (CSS), themes, and customization information for site definitions are stored in the SharePoint installation directory on the file system.

Regular backups of the “SHAREPOINT” databases in conjunction with File System backup will ensure protection and integrity of SharePoint Services virtual servers, the document repository, users, security settings, and permissions.

IMPORTANT: HP recommends that you enable Microsoft Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) option for backup jobs when creating DR backup sets. Enabling the VSS option will ensure that the user can restore all WSS components in a consistent state during the disaster recovery process.

NOTE: The instructions for the additional steps are outlined in the Disaster Recovery section (page 64).

To allow a consistent restore the backup set for WSS must include the following components (if you select the entire system for backup, these components are all included):

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