Windows Server 2008 : Schedule Regular Full Server Backups of a Domain Controller by Using the Windows Interface

10/29/2010 7:19:59 PM

To schedule a regular full server backup of a domain controller by using the Windows interface, perform the following steps:

1.	Log on to a domain controller you want to back up.
2.	Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Server Backup.
3.	On the Action menu in Windows Server Backup, click Backup Schedule.
4.	On the Getting Started page, click Next.
5.	On the Select backup configuration page, click Full server (recommended) and click Next.
6.	If you want to schedule the backup to run once daily, on the Specify backup time page, shown in Figure 1, select Once a day, and select the time of day you want the backup to run, and click Next. Figure 1. Scheduling a full server backup to run once a day.
7.	If you want to schedule the backup to run more than once a day, on the Specify backup time page, shown in Figure 2, select More than once a day, select the times of day from the Available time section, click Add, and then click Next. Figure 2. Scheduling a full server backup to run more than once a day.
8.	On the Select destination disk page, click Show All Available Disks.
9.	On the Show All Available Disks page, shown in Figure 3, select the disk on which you want to store the backups; then click OK. Figure 3. The Show All Available Disks page.
10.	On the Select destination disk page, shown in Figure 4, select the disk on which you want to store the backups and click Next. Figure 4. The Select destination disk page.
11.	On the confirmation page to proceed, shown in Figure 5, click Yes. Figure 5. The page to confirm to proceed. Tip When scheduling backups using Windows Server Backup, the destination disk is reformatted and data on that disk is lost.
12.	On the Label destination disk page, click Next.
13.	On the Confirmation page, click Finish.