We have a new installation of TFS 2010 (on SQL Server 2008), and I’m planning the backup and recovery process.
It seems the configuration information and data is stored in the Tfs_Configuration and Tfs_DefaultCollection databases (and additional Tfs_[CollectionName] dbs if you have more than one collection). In a test setup, I tried backing up the two dbs, uninstalling TFS, then reinstalling (thinking I could then hook the databases up at some point in the install process). This is where I’m confused. I don’t see an option or clear guidance on how this is suppose to work.
Download the TFS Power tools and use the backup tool (it’s even got a nice GUI)!