Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using SharePoint Central Administration

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Topic Last Modified: 2009-01-09

This article guides you through the process of using the SharePoint Central Administration Web site to back up Microsoft Office Project Server 2007.

Before you perform these procedures, be sure that you have read and understand the requirements described in Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using built-in tools. Also see the prescriptive guidance in Back up a Project Server 2007 farm by using built-in tools to ensure that you are choosing to perform the procedure that is best for your deployment.

Backing up a Project Server farm by using SharePoint Central Administration

Important

You must be a member of the Farm Administrators SharePoint group to complete this procedure.

Back up a Project Server farm by using SharePoint Central Administration

On the SharePoint Central Administration Web site, on the Operations page, in the Backup and Restore section, click Perform a Backup.
On the Select Component to Backup page, select Farm, and then click Continue to Backup Options.
On the Select Backup Options page:
1. In the Backup Content section, ensure that Farm is displayed.
2. In the Type of Backup section, select Full.
3. In the Backup File Location section, type the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path to the backup folder.
Click OK.

You can view the backup job status on the Backup status page by clicking Refresh. The page also refreshes every 30 seconds automatically. Backup and recovery are Timer service jobs, so it may take a few seconds for the backup to start.

If you receive any errors, you can find more information by looking in the spbackup.log at the UNC path that you specified in step 3.