Fixing SharePoint

After changing managed account password or SharePoint server account password there are multiple types of issues that can occur in your farm. I am trying to cover the major steps on high level. Changing Password Open Central Administration and navigate to Security then Configure managed accounts. Edit the desired account and setup a new password. Logout from the farm. Testing password changes         4.    Restart Servers         5.    Login with newly setup password on the server          6.    Check SharePoint services if running           Clearing SharePoint Cache          7.    Stop SharePoint Services Timer from the services          8.    Open  Drive:\ProgramData\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config\GUID Note: If can not find the above path, please show hidden files of your system          9.    Delete everything except Cache.ini          10.    Open Cache.ini and replace the existing value with 1 and save file         11.    St

SharePoint PowerShell Backup and Restore Commands The following are examples of different SharePoint PowerShell commands you can use to back up and restore various components of your SharePoint environment. A complete farm backup followed by a restore: Backup-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups -BackupMethod Full Restore-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups -RestoreMethod New Back up and restore a service application: Backup-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups -BackupMethod Full –Item "Excel Services" Restore-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups -RestoreMethod New –Item "Excel Services" Back up and restore farm configuration information only: Backup-SPConfigurationDatabase –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups Restore-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups –RestoreMethod Overwrite –ConfigurationOnly Back up and restore your SharePoint content databases: Backup-SPFarm –Directory \\App01\SharePointBackups -BackupMe

SharePoint STSADM Backup and Restore Commands The following are examples of different STSADM commands you can use to back up and restore various components of your SharePoint environment. A full farm backup followed by a restore: stsadm -o backup -url http://app01/ -directory \\app01\sharepointbackups -BackupMethod Full -Quiet stsadm -o restore -url http://app01/ -filename \\app01\sharepointbackups –Overwrite Back up and restore configuration information only: stsadm -o backup -url http://app01 -directory \\app01\sharepointbackups -configurationonly -quiet stsadm -o restore -url http://app01 -filename \\app01\sharepointbackups -configurationonly –quiet Back up and restore a service application: stsadm -o backup -directory \\app01\sharepointbackups -quiet -backupmethod full -item "Excel Services" stsadm -o restore -directory \\app01\sharepointbackups -item "Excel Services" –quiet Back up and restore a site collection: stsadm -o backup -url http://