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Please ref. following PDF file to answer your queries.<br />
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<a href="http://www.darrenmarsden.com/file.axd?file=2013%2f1%2fPreparing+for+%26+Configuring+the+SharePoint+(2010)+Farm+Backup+Script.pdf" rel="ugc">¿Preparing for &amp;&nbsp;Configuring the SharePoint (2010) Farm Backup Script (PDF).</a><br />
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This articles applies to SharePoint 2007 version as well.<br />
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Let me know if this helps answer your query, Thanks
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Question on SQL backups. &nbsp;I know just backing up the SQL databases is not enough to get me back to an exact replica of my Sharepoint environmet if I have a server(s) meltdown. &nbsp;And neither is the native backup. &nbsp;I don't have alot of money to buy a full featured product to grab the rest of the &quot;stuff&quot; sharepoint uses.<br />
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So I have a SQL server and App server, running in Sharepoint 2007. &nbsp;The SQL server should be fine with the SQL backups. &nbsp;What do I need to backup on the App server so that if I had to restore I can back to where I was. &nbsp;I'm thinking of these thing in particular. &nbsp;Do I even care about any of this? What about IIS?<br />
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Protection of Global Assembly Cache (GAC) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br />
Protection of Hive<br />
Protection of front end Web Server configurations and customizations<br />
Protection of any Service Applications and associated configurations<br />
Protection of Fast Search configurations
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Question on SQL backups.  I know just backing up the SQL databases is not enough to get me back to an exact replica of my Sharepoint environmet if I have a server(s) meltdown.  And neither is the native backup.  I don't have alot of money to buy a full featured product to grab the rest of the "stuff" sharepoint uses.

So I have a SQL server and App server, running in Sharepoint 2007.  The SQL server should be fine with the SQL backups.  What do I need to backup on the App server so that if I had to restore I can back to where I was.  I'm thinking of these thing in particular.  Do I even care about any of this? What about IIS?

Protection of Global Assembly Cache (GAC)	 
Protection of Hive
Protection of front end Web Server configurations and customizations
Protection of any Service Applications and associated configurations
Protection of Fast Search configurations

Please ref. following PDF file to answer your queries.

¿Preparing for &amp; Configuring the SharePoint (2010) Farm Backup Script (PDF). (http://www.darrenmarsden.com/file.axd?file=2013%2f1%2fPreparing+for+%26+Configuring+the+SharePoint+(2010)+Farm+Backup+Script.pdf)

This articles applies to SharePoint 2007 version as well.

Let me know if this helps answer your query, Thanks

Sharepoint 2007 backups

Question on SQL backups.  I know just backing up the SQL databases is not enough to get me back to an exact replica of my Sharepoint environmet if I have a server(s) meltdown.  And neither is the native backup.  I don&#39;t have alot of money to buy a full featured product to grab the rest of the &quot;stuff&quot; sharepoint uses.

So I have a SQL server and App server, running in Sharepoint 2007.  The SQL server should be fine with the SQL backups.  What do I need to backup on the App server so that if I had to restore I can back to where I was.  I&#39;m thinking of these thing in particular.  Do I even care about any of this? What about IIS?

Protection of Global Assembly Cache (GAC)	 
Protection of Hive
Protection of front end Web Server configurations and customizations
Protection of any Service Applications and associated configurations
Protection of Fast Search configurations

Microsoft Sharepoint is a software platform and family of software products used for collaboration and web publishing combined. These capabilities include developing web sites, portals, intranets, content management systems, search engines, wikis, blogs, and other tools for business intelligence and collaboration. SharePoint has a Microsoft Office-like interface, and it is closely integrated with the Office suite.

Microsoft SharePoint

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Microsoft server applications are those applications developed specifically, but not necessarily exclusively, on the Windows Server platform. In addition to well-known products like SQL Server, Exchange, Internet Information Services (IIS), Microsoft Dynamics, Forefront, Lync and Sharepoint, they include applications like Skype, BizTalk, Hyper-V, Groove and Commerce Server. Server applications are managed with the Microsoft System Center.