how can I restore the db Tfs_Configuration on a virtual machine restored to a day before the last db I want to restore? If I rename the existing db Tfs_Configuration to restore the new I can no longer find the TFS configuration on the TFS Administration Console side and can not restore the "Tfs_Configuration" and db collection databases. Which procedure or process should I use to update the db Tfs_Configuration?
If you followed the guidance in Create a backup schedule and plan, you used the Scheduled Backups feature to create your backups. You will use these backups to restore your data.
If you manually configured your backups, you cannot use the Restore wizard in Scheduled Backups to restore those databases. You must manually restore them using the software you used to back them up.
The easiest way is using the Restore wizard. So, you can Create a backup schedule and plan if not yet, then restore data for Team Foundation Server by using the Restore wizard in the administration console in TFS.
Based on your description, your scenario should be Restore data to the same location. You can follow the steps mentioned there to restore the database.
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I am looking a way or strategies of backing up my projects on TFS2017.
I don't there is a tool to do full backup / incremental backup or differential backup.
I would appreciate any resource or help .
Thanks
How to run a backup of projects on TFS 2017
AFAIK, TFS does not support backup a single project or some of projects. There are too many dependencies in the database. It only supports backing up the entire project collection.
If you still want to backup some of projects instead of the entire project collection, you could try to back up this project collection first, then delete other projects from this project collection and create a new backup project collection containing only the projects you need.
You could use the Scheduled Backups Wizard to makes it easy to back up your databases, which are part of the Azure DevOps Server data tier and are stored in SQL Server:
Back up and restore databases
Besides, if you are working with a large deployment and want to protect against data loss while efficiently using limited storage resources, you can configure differential backups as well as full data backups. If you are using SQL Server AlwaysOn, you can take backups of your secondary database. You can also try using backup compression or splitting backups across multiple files.
Types of backups
And we could also manually back up data for Azure DevOps Server by using the tools that SQL Server provides
I setup TFS 2013 Express on my dev PC.
The only backup method that I can do is a manual backup.
These are the steps that I did:
I backed up the TFS Team Project DB and the TFS Configuration DB.
I added a comment to my code and checked it in.
I restored the backup db's from step one using TFSRestore.exe
I deleted the source code from my PC and did a get latest.
I noticed that my comment from step 2 was still present.
When I restore a TFS database shouldn't I loose the changes that were made after the given backup?
EDIT:
I ran a second test and this time I made sure:
I still had the same results.
When you backup database, make sure you have stopped the team project collection.
Also, before restore, try to delete existing database that will restore.
I have recently moved our TFS 2010 server to new server, I'm trying to create a backup plan but TFS tells me that A backup plan already exists for this Tfs configuration.
How can I overwright the existing backup plan?
Any Ideas?
This is an intresting one. The tool has a feature to prevent multiple backup plans from being created for the same TFS databases (because they might interfere). It works by setting an extended attribute in the TFS Configuration SQL database (called TFS_BACKUP_PLAN_CONTROLLER) that identifies a configured backup plan. You can't configure another backup plan from a different machine. To do it, you will need to delete this extended attribute using SQL Server Management Studio.
You can use the following command to delete the attribute by,
Use Tfs_Configuration
EXEC sp_dropextendedproperty #name = 'TFS_BACKUP_PLAN_CONTROLLER'
HTH.
Cheers, Tarun
Following are the scenario in my environment
I have a tfs 2010 server which is running fine and i have schedule the backup for WSS_AdminContent,WSS_Config, Tfs_Warehouse,Tfs_Configuration. and one project which is created in tfs. Now i want to restore this TFS 2010 in my test environment.
I am in need of how do i proceed for the same and how can i restore my production environment in test environment.SO that if my production server is down i will be able to restore all projects in TFS 2010.
Thanks and Regards
Avinash Udawant
System Admin.
You'll also need to backup other databases, including project collection databases and more. Follow the MSDN guidance in order to make sure you get all the steps right for backing up and restoring TFS.
We have a new installation of TFS 2010 (on SQL Server 2008), and I'm planning the backup and recovery process.
It seems the configuration information and data is stored in the Tfs_Configuration and Tfs_DefaultCollection databases (and additional Tfs_[CollectionName] dbs if you have more than one collection). In a test setup, I tried backing up the two dbs, uninstalling TFS, then reinstalling (thinking I could then hook the databases up at some point in the install process). This is where I'm confused. I don't see an option or clear guidance on how this is suppose to work.
If you have backed up your TFS 2010 databases and lose your TFS server, you can restore it by restoring all of your TFS databases, reinstalling TFS, and selecting the Application Tier option of the installation wizard. Once you point the wizard at your database, it will recognize the Tfs_Configuration database from the previous installation and restore your previous configuration as well as your collections.
Download the TFS Power tools and use the backup tool (it's even got a nice GUI)!
There seems to be a MSDN section on this topic: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb552295.aspx