To restore SharePoint items from backup

1        Select the desired SharePoint application in the Navigation pane and click Restore.

2        Select a Recovery Point Day from which the backup will be restored by clicking on the calendar. Available days display in bold.

3        Select a restore time and click Next (Select Files/Items).

Select from available times in the Recovery Point Times table or by clicking a wedge of time on the 24-hour circle.

4        On the Restore from Backup of Client page, if you see A file share is available, check the shares in the grid below to see if one exists for this farm instance. Check for <Client>-Farm in the Name column.

     If no share exists for this instance, proceed to the next step in this procedure.

     If a share exists for this farm, it is either in use by another backup or restore process, or it has not been torn down after a prior item restore. You cannot perform the item restore until the share becomes available.

If you are sure no active job is using the share, tear it down by selecting it in the grid and clicking Tear Down. Be sure to disconnect any network drive mappings to this share before tearing down. For details on checking for active jobs, see SharePoint share is unavailable.

5        Click Create. The system creates a share for this farm instance and starts the restore. A row for this restore displays in the grid.

6        Click Refresh to display the full path of the share, \\<SourceSystemIP>\<ClientName>-Farm. Note or copy the Network Path supplied as you will need it to access items to restore.

7        On the workstation you will use to restore items, map a network drive to \\<SourceSystemIP>\<ClientName>-<Instance>:

     Launch Explorer, right-click Computer and select Map Network Drive.

     In the Folder field, enter the share displayed in the Network Path field in Step 6 above, then click Finish.

8        Restore the desired items using a Windows or third-party tool. For details on using Kroll, see Restoring items with Kroll.

9        Disconnect the network share once items have been restored by right-clicking the share and selecting Disconnect.

10    On the source backup system, tear down the restore image using one of the following procedures:

     If the restore from Backup screen is still open in the backup system, select the image in the Images available for recovery area, and click Tear Down. Click Yes to confirm that you would like to proceed. The share is removed.

     If you have closed the Restore from the Backup screen, follow the instructions described in To view or tear down SharePoint restore images.

Important! Tear down the share as soon as possible. Subsequent backups and restores cannot run for this farm until the share has been manually torn down.