Backing Up a Site Collection
To back up a site collection using the SharePoint Central Administration tool, perform the following steps:
- Open the SharePoint Central Administration site on a SharePoint Server (Start, All Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, SharePoint 2010 Central Administration).
- Select Backup and Restore in Quick Launch.
- Select Perform a Site Collection Backup, under the Granular Backup section.
- On the Site Collection Backup page, select a site collection to backup from the drop-down menu, as shown in Figure 10.8.
Figure 10.8. Performing a granular SharePoint site backup.

- Enter the backup location and the filename ...