DOCUMENT:Q289490  06-AUG-2002  [sms]
TITLE   :SMS: Contents of the SMS Site Backup Utility
PRODUCT :Microsoft Systems Management Server
PROD/VER::2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2,2.0 SP3
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbConfig kbDatabase kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Systems Management Server versions 2.0, 2.0 SP1, 2.0 SP2, 2.0 SP3 
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SUMMARY
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The key to a successful disaster recovery effort is to back up the Systems
Management Server (SMS) database and registry keys.

MORE INFORMATION
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The SMS Backup utility is not enabled by default. To enable, click Database
Maintenance, and then click Task under Site Settings in the SMS Administrator
Console.

SMS Backup backs up the following information to the designated location:

SMS Backup first creates the Smsbkup folder, and then under that, the <site
code> folder. Under the <site code> folder, it creates the Smsbkup.log
file, and the following four folders:

 - MeteringDBServer

 - ProviderServer

 - SiteDBServer

 - SiteServer

SiteDBServer:

The SiteDBServer contains the following folder

 - SQLLog folder: Content of MSSQL7\log\Errorlog

and the following 15 files:

 - SMSbkSQLconfigNTData.txt: server configuration information
 - SMSbkSQLConfigNTWinMSD.txt: WinMSD report
 - SMSbkSQLConfigSQLdata.txt: SQL configuration report from Smssqlinfo.sql
 - SMSbkSQLConfigSQLdboption.txt: SQL database options selected
 - SMSbkSQLconfigSQLhelpdb.txt: result of sp_helpdb against SMS database
 - SMSbkSQLConfigSQLrevdatabase.txt: result of sp_help_revdatabase
 - SMSbkSQLDBmaster.dat: dump of the Master database
 - SMSbkSQLDBmodel.dat: dump of the DBmodel database
 - SMSbkSQLmsdb.dat: dump of the MSDB database
 - SMSbkSQLDBsite.dat: dump of the SMS database
 - SMSbkSQLRegMSSQLServer.dat: MSSQLServer registry key
 - SMSbkSQLRegNAL.dat: NAL registry key
 - SMSbkSQLRegSMS.dat: SMS registry key
 - SMSbkSQLRegSNMPEvents.dat: SNMP_Events registry key
 - SMSbkSQLRegWBEM.dat: WBEM key

SiteServer:

The SiteServer folder contains the following two folders

 - SMSServer folder: copy of the entire SMS directory
 - WBEM folder: copy of the Systemdir\System32\WBEM folder

and the following 11 files if Crystal Info, Network Monitor, and SNMPEvents are
all installed:

 - SMSbkSiteConfigNTData.txt: results of Srvinfo.exe
 - SMSbkSiteConfigNTWinMSD.txt: WInMSD report
 - SMSbkSiteRegCryForSMS.dat: Segate Crytal Info for SMS registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegCryinfo.dat: Crystal Info registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegCryMMC.dat: Crystal MMC Snap-in registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegMMC.dat: MMC registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegNAL.dat: NAL registry key; this is one of the most important
   registry keys when the SMS server is restored
 - SMSbkSiteRegNetworkMonitor.dat: Network Monitor registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegSMS.dat: SMS registry key; this is one of the most important
   registry keys when the SMS server is restored
 - SMSbkSiteRegSNMPEvents.dat: SNMP_Events registry key
 - SMSbkSiteRegWBEM.dat: WBEM registry key

MeteringDBServer:

The MeteringDBServer folder contains the SMSbkMeterDBmeter.dat file, which is the
dump of the Software Metering Database.

ProviderServer:

The ProviderServer folder contains the SMSbkProvRegSMS.dat file, which is the SMS
Provider registry key.


Additional query words: prodsms backup restore recovery

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Keywords          : kbConfig kbDatabase kbMMC kbServer kbsms200 kbsmsAdmin kbsmsUtil 
Technology        : kbSMSSearch kbSMS200 kbSMS200SP1 kbSMS200SP2 kbSMS200SP3
Version           : :2.0,2.0 SP1,2.0 SP2,2.0 SP3
Issue type        : kbinfo

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