Steps to make a disaster back up:
- Record which Web applications are associated with the SSPs
· Perform a full back up of the SSPs.
· Completely stop the farm by stopping the services associated with Office SharePoint Server 2007 and by stopping Internet Information Services (IIS).
· Back up the following databases by using SQL Server 2005 tools:
o Content databases
o Central Administration content database
o Configuration database
o Windows SharePoint Services Help Search database
o Back Up the SQL Server logins, fixed server roles, fixed database roles, and permissions for these databases
o Backup System Databases
· Start all services again
· Back up a farm by using Central Administration (Office SharePoint Server 2007 or using STSADM command.
· Backup the IIS Metabase
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/cc706954.aspx
and document SSL Certificate, Host Header, IP address binding
Backup C:\WINNT\assembly
- Backup %SYSTEMDRIVE%\%COMMONPROGRAMFILES% \Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12.0
- Backup C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\Virtual Directories\...
- Backup %SYSTEMDRIVE%\%COMMONPROGRAMFILES% \Microsoft Shared\Microsoft Office 12 Single Sign-on
The following needs to be documented
· Application pool settings.
· External service connection settings.
· Alternate access mapping settings.
· E-mail settings.
· Recycle Bin settings and other Web application general settings.
· A/V settings.
· Usage analysis processing settings.
· Diagnostic logging settings.
· Content deployment settings.
· Timer job settings.
· HTML viewer settings.
· Database names and locations.
· Web application names and databases. Be sure to document the content database names associated with each Web application.
· Activated features.
· Default quota templates.
· Blocked file types