SharePoint 2016 - Granular Backup Job Status issues

Question

Hello,
I'm administering a SharePoint farm with 2 WFE, current version 15.0.5259.1001. No pending issues reported in Central Admin.
I'm trying to recover a site from an unattached content database. I can browse the content just fine, to get to the site that I want to recover.
I'm using farm account which has db owner rights on sql database.
My problem is that Granular Backup Job Status just sits in Operation initializing, forever. No issues with timer service, did a clear cache on both nodes.
Is there any way of doing this from PowerShell?
After some investigation it seems that no backup works on the farm. Tried to export a site from a site collection. Still stuck in Operation initializing.

Answer 1

If I'm reading this right

By 'site', you mean site collection, correct? (Just making sure)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/back-up-site-collections
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/sharepoint-server/backup-spsite?view=sharepoint-ps

If it's an spweb:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/administration/export-a-site-list-or-document-library

Sounds like you'd be using something like
Backup-SPSite https://intranet.contoso.local/sites/site_name -Path C:\Backup\site_name.bak

I noticed it's an unattached db. Is the site collection listed when you run
get-spsite
?

Answer 2

I'm trying this now https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/54a88dec-7c22-4d97-8a2f-4cabca9369a8/backupexport-site-collection-from-an-unattached-contentdatabase-using-powershell?forum=sharepointadmin .

It's currently running.

Any idea how to get it to work from CA?

Answer 3

@Alexandru Ilie
Based on your description, I understand that granular backup job is stuck when you restore a site collection in the central administration.

Please check ULS log to find clues for further troubleshooting.

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