SharePoint Backup Script

This isn't the most advanced backup script you will ever see, but a) it works as a batch file so it is easy to modify and deploy, and b) it backs up more than the OOB tools do on their own, as follows:

- Deletes and recreates the folder structure for the backup target share
- Backs up site collections using stsadm (you will need to add the site collections that you wish to backup)
- Performs a farm backup using stsadm
- Copies the 12 hive across
- Performs an IIS metabase backup and copies the inetpub folder across
- Copies the Global Assembly Cache

For it to work, you will need to create a share on your backup server called "Backup" with the following permissions:

- SharePoint setup/administrator account - Full Control
- SQL Service Account - Full Control
- SharePoint Service/Server Farm Account - Full Control

Run the following command line on the backup server to do this for you:

NET SHARE Backup=D:\Backup /GRANT:DOMAIN\SPAdmin,FULL /GRANT:DOMAIN\SQLSVC,FULL /GRANT:DOMAIN\SPSVC,FULL

And here is the backup script:

@echo off
echo =================================================
echo Backup SharePoint Farm
echo =================================================
c:
CD\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN
@echo off

rd \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint /s /q
md \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint
md \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\12
md \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\IIS
md \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\GAC

echo Backing up site collections
stsadm -o backup -url http://portal.domain.com -filename \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\Portal.dat -overwrite

echo Backing up farm
stsadm.exe -o backup -directory \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\ -backupmethod full

echo Backing up 12 hive
xcopy "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12" \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\12 /s /e /c /h /f /r /k

echo Backing up IIS
c:
cd\windows\system32\inetsrv\MetaBack
del metabasebackup.*
cscript c:\windows\system32\iisback.vbs /backup /b MetabaseBackup /overwrite
xcopy metabasebackup.* \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\IIS /s /e /c /h /f /r /k
xcopy c:\inetpub\*.* \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\IIS /s /e /c /h /f /r /k

echo Backing up GAC
xcopy c:\windows\assembly\*.* \\BACKUPSERVER\Backup\SharePoint\GAC /s /e /c /h /f /r /k

echo Backup operation finished