Backing Up and Restoring Databases by Using the SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 Tools (Windows SharePoint Services 2.0)
With Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, you can back up and restore information about your server configuration and about each site you host on your server or server farm.
You can back up and restore the configuration database and content databases for your server or server farm. This backup and restore method allows you to recover from a server failure. You must be running Microsoft SQL Server 2000 or SQL Server 2005 to perform a database backup and restore.