Project Server Backup and Restore

Backup:

Step 1: Create the Backup location

 

Step 2: From the “Central Administration” click on “Perform a backup”

 

Step 3: Select “Farm” option and click on “Continue to Backup option”

Step 4: Specify the backup location and type as “Full”

Step 5: Wait for the entire “In Progress” task to be completed

Step 6: Check the creation of backup file.

 

Restore Process:

Step 1: From the Central Administration, Operations, and click on “Restore from backup”

Step 2: Specify the backup location

 

  Step 3: Select the backup and click on “Continue Restore Process”

Step 4: Next, select “NetappSharedService” from the selection, as we are restoring only the Project Server specific data. Click on “Continue Restore Process”

Step 5: Select “Same configuration” and ignore the warning message

 

Step 6: Provide the password for database access

 Step 7: Please wait for “In progress” and “Not started” tasks to be finished.

Step 8: verify the PWA site for all the data and configuration restored or not.

Project Server Site (PWA) cannot be edited using SharePoint Designer

While developing on the Project Server (PWA) , I got a requirement to change some design (UI) of the site. Therefor I tried opening the site with the SharePoint Designer (SPD). But to my surprise I got the following message.

After doing some research I learnt that, on the site definition level, Microsoft disabled the editing in SPD. On the "ONET.xml" file the following key does the disabling act.







Now,the tricky part is if you remove this key on the site definition file, there is a huge possibility that your site might break and Microsoft does not recommend this modification on the ONET.xml file.

DisableWebDesignFeatures="wdfopensite"

This discussion thread has some more details. 

Re-publish an InfoPath Template to an existing list

Recently I made a goofed-up in a SharePoint list where an InfoPath form was published. As we all know that, if we publish an InfoPath form to a library, the next time onwards the publishing wizard remember everything and you only have to click next.


But when I try to re-published a similar template from a different site to an existing library, the metadata of that list are gone. Also I have figure out that the internal names of  "Promoted Properties" are also changed. Say, earlier we have a field called "Request" now it becomes "Request1".


To avoid these type of problem, you need to map the column when published.