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Back up and recover site objects (Windows SharePoint Services)

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Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Topic Last Modified: 2008-07-21

In general, we recommend that you back up and recover databases, Web applications, or farms rather than site objects. For information about general backup and recovery for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, see Back up and restore the entire farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology). However, you might find that you need to back up and recover site objects at the following levels:

  • List or document library.

  • List item or document.

You might want to back up site objects if you want to consolidate sites that contain only a few key document libraries or lists as part of a migration, or move only specific documents out of a document library when migrating to a new site.

To back up and recover site objects, you can perform the following procedures:

See Also

Concepts

Back up and restore the farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore the entire farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology)
Create a recovery farm (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore Web applications by using built-in tools (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore site collections by using built-in tools (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore content databases (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore an item by using DPM (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)
Back up and restore a site by using DPM (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0)