Prepare the Replica for Standalone Deployment

SharePoint Servers store configuration and content data. To protect both kinds of data, perform the Replica Server configuration procedure before you run any high availability scenarios in a SharePoint Server standalone deployment. The procedure ensures the Replica is configured identically to the Master.

Standalone deployments are not scalable and cannot join other SharePoint farms. The Replica server is completely independent from the Master. Arcserve Continuous Availability automatically synchronizes and replicates the content database on the Master. You must maintain and customize the configuration and administration content database on the Replica so that it is identical with the one on the Master before you run an HA scenario.

Note: The configuration and administration content databases are not displayed in Auto-Discovery when creating HA scenarios for SharePoint Server standalone deployment. Only existing web application databases can be discovered and replicated in Assured Recovery scenarios.

Next Steps
Use the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard to Prepare the Replica