Posted: Backup and restore procedures for TFS (beta 3 refresh)

Question

The pre-release documentation for backup and restore has been posted by the VSTS UE team.

Backup and Restore Procedures for beta 3 refresh.
http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/articles/500334.aspx

How to: Back Up a Team Foundation Server
How to: Restore Team Foundation Server Data
How to: Restore Team Foundation Server Data to a Different Server

Buck

Answer 1

A newer version of the procedure how to restore a Team Foundation Server data-tier server:

Restoring Team Foundation Server Data

http://blogs.msdn.com/vstsue/articles/511396.aspx

This describes how to restore a Team Foundation Server data-tier server. You can also use this type of restoration to restore a working data-tier server from a corrupt state back to the last-known-good state. This is useful if the data on the server gets corrupted and needs to be reset, but the server itself is still working properly.

But beware: this procedure does not describe how to move a single server TFS configuration to another server. It deals with the data-tier server only.

Ognjen

Answer 2

TFS Data Manager also provides an alternative for TFS 2008 SP1 platforms....the challenge is dealing with custom process templates though.