Backup for SharePoint 6.12 - User Guide

Installing the Self-Service Recovery feature

Management Console can restore content in place from any content from a farm backup. Only members of the farm administrators group can use the Management Console to restore content from a farm backup.

When you install the Self-Service Recovery feature, Metalogix Backup for SharePoint does the following automatically:

·Copy the Self-Service Recovery SharePoint Solution package (.WSP file) to the SharePoint farm solution store.

·Deploy the solution to the Web application that is the parent of any site collections that you specify.

·Activate the deployed solution as a SharePoint feature on the site collections.

For more information about using Self-Service Recovery, see Using the Self-Service Recovery feature.
 

The Self-Service Recovery feature is optional. You do not have to install it to use Metalogix Backup for SharePoint. You should deploy the Self-Service Recovery feature on every site collection where you want to use it.

You can use the SharePoint Components page in the Configuration wizard to select the site collections where you want to let users access the Self-Service Recovery feature.

If you want to deploy the Self-Service Recovery feature, in the SharePoint Components page, you can select the Deploy the Metalogix Backup for SharePoint Self-Service Recovery solution check box, then select the check boxes for the site collections and sites where you want to deploy Self-Service Recovery.

If you do not want to deploy the Self-Service Recovery feature, in the SharePoint Components page, you can clear the Deploy the Metalogix Backup for SharePoint Self-Service Recovery solution check box.

After you deploy the Self-Service Recovery feature, you can configure the Self-Service Recovery settings in each site collection where you want to use it.

If you need to, you can click Modify Self-Service Recovery preferences to configure the Self-Service Recovery settings.

For more information about the Self-Service Recovery settings, see Configuring the Self-Service Recovery settings.

When you have configured the settings, you can click Next to continue.

How do I upgrade the Self-Service Recovery feature?

When you upgrade Metalogix Backup for SharePoint, you can use the Deploy SharePoint Components dialog in the Management Console to upgrade the Self-Service Recovery feature.

For more information about using the Deploy SharePoint Components dialog to deploy the Self-Service Recovery feature manually, see Manually installing the Self-Service Recovery feature.