Backing Up and Restoring Team Foundation Server Data
This post details the procedures for backing up and restoring Team Foundation Server data. It covers backing up the Reporting Services encryption key using the Reporting Services Configuration tool or the RSKEYMGMT command-line tool. It also outlines how to back up Team Foundation Server databases (ReportServer, ReportServerTempDB, STS_Config_TFS, STS_Content_TFS, TfsBuild, TfsIntegration, TfsVersionControl, TFSWarehouse, TfsWorkItemTracking, TfsWorkItemTrackingAttachments, TfsActivityLogging) using SQL Server Management Studio and maintenance plans for full or incremental backups. Finally, it describes the steps to restore Team Foundation Server data, including stopping application tier services, restoring databases, rebuilding the data warehouse, restarting servers, and forcing client cache updates.
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