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We recommend that you regularly back up at the farm level. However, business or IT requirements might
require that you back up a service application. Regularly backing up a service application reduces the
possibility of data losses that might occur from hardware failures, power outages, or other problems. It is a
simple process that helps to ensure that all the service application-related data and configurations are
available for recovery, if that is required. You can back up only one service application at a time. For
information about what to back up and which tools to use, see Plan for backup and recovery (SharePoint
Server 2010). You can back up all the service applications in the farm by backing up the complete farm. For
more information, see Back up a farm (SharePoint Server 2010).

Backing up a service application does not affect the state of the farm. However, it does require resources.
Therefore, backing up a service application might affect farm performance while the backup is running. You
can avoid performance issues by backing up the service application during hours when farm use is lowest.




SharePoint Server 2010 backup backs up remote Binary Large Object (BLOB) stores, but only if you are
using the FILESTREAM remote BLOB store provider to put data in remote BLOB stores.
If you are using another provider, you must manually back up the remote BLOB stores.

Procedures in thistopic:

! Ñse Windows PowerShell to back up a service application

! Ñse Central Administration to back up a service application




You cannot use SQL Server tools or Data Protection Manager to back up a service application.

  

Before you begin, you must create a folder on the local computer or the network in which to store the
backups. For better performance, we recommend that you back up to the local computer and then move the
backup files to a network folder.




Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 backup backs up the Business Data Connectivity service external
content type definitions but does not back up the data source itself. To protect the data, you should back
up the data source when you back up the Business Data Connectivity service or the farm.
If you back up the Business Data Connectivity service or the farm and then restore the data source to a
different location, you must change the location information in the external content type definition. If
you do not, the Business Data Connectivity service might not be able to locate the data source.

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You can use Windows PowerShell to back up one or more service applications manually or as part of a script
that can be run at scheduled intervals.


    
 
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1. Derify that you meet the following minimum requirements: See Add-SPShellAdmin.

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5. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt (that is, PS C:\>), type the following command, and
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If you are backing up the service application for the first time, you must use the  option. You must
perform a full backup before you can perform a differential backup.
Some service applications always require a full backup. For these service applications, even if you select
the     option, the system performs a full backup.

For more information, see Backup-SPFarm.




We recommend that you use Windows PowerShell when performing command-line administrative tasks.
The Stsadm command-line tool has been deprecated, but is included to support compatibility with
previous product versions.

 
 

 

    
 

You can use Central Administration to back up a service application.


    
 
  
 

 

1. Derify that the user account that performs this procedure is a member of the Farm Administrators
group.

2. In Central Administration, on the Home page, in the c   
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[. On the Perform a Backup ² Step 1 of 2: Select Component to Back Ñp page, select the service
application from the list of components, and then click 
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The service application might consist of several components. You must select the top-level component.

4. On the Start Backup ² Step 2 of 2: Select Backup Options page, in the c   section,
select either !  or "
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If you are backing up the service application for the first time, you must use the !  option. You must
perform a full backup before you can perform a differential backup.
Some service applications always require a full backup. For these service applications, the system
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5. In the c  ! # 
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folder, and then click 

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6. You can view the general status of all backup jobs at the top of the Backup and Restore Job Status
page in the  section. You can view the status for the current backup job in the lower part
of the page in the c  section. The status page updates every [0 seconds automatically. You
can manually update the status details by clicking . Backup and recovery are Timer service
jobs. Therefore, it may take several seconds for the backup to start.

If you receive any errors, you can review them in the ! 

 column of the Backup and
Restore Job Status page. You can also find more details in the Spbackup.log file at the ÑNC path
that you specified in step 5.