How to backup sharepoint 2003

  1. Description:
    How do I backup Sharepoint 2003 with the Backupvault client?
    1. Steps:
    2. To backup your Windows Sharepoint Services 2003, please follow the instructions below:
    1. Install the client application onto the machine running Windows Sharepoint Services 2003
    2. Download the wss2k3-backup.vbs file by Clicking Here
    3. Place the wss2k3-backup.vbs file within the C:\program files\backupvault\bin directory
    4. Open the wss2k3-backup.vbs file with a text editor and you should see entries as shown below:

      wss2k3-backup.vbs:
      ” The backup file path
      Const BackupFile = “”“C:\backups\backup.dat”“”
      　
      ” The url of the sharepoint site to be backup
      Const SiteUrl = “http://server_name/site”
      　
      ” This is the default path of stsadm.exe. If you have different settings, please find out the absolute path of the execute file.
      Const StsadmExecPath = “”“C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\60\BIN\stsadm.exe”“”
    5. Remove the extra quotation marks around the Const BackupFile variable (shown in red)
    6. Remove the extra quotation marks around the Const StsadmExecPath variable (shown in red)
    7. Save the changes in wss2k3-backup.vbs
    8. Create the directory C:\backups
    9. Open the client console
    10. Create a file backup set for the Sharepoint backup under the Backupvault console
    11. Select the directory C:\backups as Backup Source of the Sharepoint backup set
    12. Accept the default encryption settings by pressing the [OK] button if no change is necessary
    13. Select the Sharepoint backup set in the [Backup Setting] menu
    14. Select the [Command Line Tool]
    15. Press the [Add] button under the Pre-Backup section on the right panel
    16. Enter the following entries in the corresponding text fields:Example:
      sharepoint_precommand
    17. Press the [OK] button to save this setting
    1. The Windows Sharepoint Services 2003 server can now be backed up by pressing the [Backup] button on the Backupvault console.