How to resolve “backup or restore already running” message in SharePoint 2010

Here are a few popular strategies among Linode customers:

http://library.linode.com/networking/rdiff-backup-sshfs

http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/Backups_with_s3sync

-Tom

Rename-SPServer needs to be run BEFORE the servername is changed. It seems that it is a good idea to use the stsadm -o renameserver command instead, even though Microsoft recommends using the powershell command.

See the following article: http://aanikin.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/how-to-rename-sharepoint-2010-server/

I just used the stsadm command successfully when renaming a standalone server, but i did run it before renaming the server. I think that this is generally a good idea.

If everything fails, you can probably run the SharePoint 2010 Products Configuration Wizard and then through Central Administration backup and restore your site collections.