Restoring a Content Database without Web Application

You can restore only the content database component, either to the same source client or to a new destination client.

To the Same Configuration

To restore a content database to the same client, complete the following steps:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > client > SharePoint Server > Databases.

  2. Right click the subclient, and then click Browse and Restore.

    The Browse and Restore Options dialog box appears.

  3. Click View Content.

  4. Expand the WSS Web Application node, select a content database, and then click Recover all Selected.

    The Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box appears.

  5. On the General tab, select the following options to perform the restore job:

    1. In the Restore Options pane, select Restore individual component, and then select the Content Database check box.

    2. In the Type of Restore pane, select Same Configuration.

  6. Click OK.

To a New Configuration

To restore a content database to a different client, complete the following steps:

  1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Client Computers > client > SharePoint Server > Databases.

  2. Right click the subclient, and then click Browse and Restore.

    The Browse and Restore Options dialog box appears.

  3. Click View Content.

  4. Expand the WSS Web Application node, select a content database, and then click Recover all Selected.

    The Restore Options for All Selected Items dialog box appears.

  5. On the General tab, select the following options to perform the restore job:

    1. In the Restore Options pane, select Restore individual component, and then select the Content Database check box.

    2. In the Type of Restore pane, select New Configuration.

    3. In the SQL Server Client box, select the SQL Sever that you configured to protect the SharePoint content database.

  6. Optional: On the Database tab, choose how you want to restore the data.

    For more information about the restore options, see Restore Options (Database).

  7. Click OK.

Note

You can restore only one content database per restore job. Restoring multiple content databases in a single job is not supported.

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