Regardless of whether you want to back up data using a recurring
schedule or perform a manual backup, the techniques are similar. In this
section, I am going to discuss manual backups so that you know how to perform backups manually. You can perform a manual backup using Windows Server Backup. Tap or click Backup Once on the Action menu or in the actions pane to start the Backup Once Wizard.
After scanning the available disks, Windows Server Backup gives you the backup options shown in Figure 7. If you want to back up the server using the same options that you use for the Backup
Schedule Wizard, choose Scheduled Backup Options, tap or click Next,
and then tap or click Backup to perform the backup. Otherwise, choose
Different Options, tap or click Next, and then continue through the
wizard pages to perform the backup.
On the Select Backup Configuration page, shown in Figure 8,
note the backup size listed under the Full Server option. This is the
storage space required to back up the server data, applications, and
system state. To back up all volumes on the server, choose the Full
Server option and then tap or click Next. To back up selected volumes on
the server, choose Custom and then tap or click Next.
If you chose Custom, the Select Items For Backup page is displayed.
Tap or click Add Items. Select the check boxes for the volumes that you
want to back up, and clear the check boxes for the volumes that you want
to exclude. If you want to be able to fully recover the operating
system, choose the Bare Metal Recovery option. If the server
is a Hyper-V host, you can select individual virtual servers to back up
using their saved state and also back up the host component. Tap or
click OK, and then tap or click Next.
On the Specify Destination Type page, do one of the following:
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If you want to back up to local drives, select Local Drives and then tap or click Next. On the Select Backup Destination page, shown in Figure 9, select the internal or DVD drive to use as the backup target. If you select a volume that is being used for scheduled backups, you can continue only if you used the same settings as with scheduled backups.
Backups are compressed when stored on a DVD. As a result, the size of
the backup on a DVD might be smaller than the volume on the server and
you will be able to recover only full volumes. Additionally, you cannot
perform a partial backup of volumes or component files to a DVD. Tap or
click Next.
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If you want to back up to a remote shared folder, select Remote
Shared Folder and then tap or click Next. On the Specify Remote Folder
page, shown in Figure 10, type the UNC path to the remote folder, such as \\BackupServer06\backups\Server21
.
If you want the backup to be accessible to everyone who has access to
the shared folder, choose Inherit under Access Control. If you want to
restrict access to the shared folder to the current user,
administrators, and backup operators, choose Do Not Inherit under Access
Control. Tap or click Next. When prompted to provide access
credentials, type the user name and password for an account authorized
to access and write to the shared folder.
Afterward, tap or click Next and then tap or click Backup. The wizard
starts by creating a shadow copy of the selected volumes. When this
process finishes, the wizard will then try to write to the media you
selected. If you are backing up to DVD, note the disc label in the prompt to insert a disc. As shown in Figure 11,
the prompt includes a time and date stamp as well as a unique
identifier for each disc in the backup set in sequential order. To help
you keep track of your disc, you should write the label on the disc
before inserting it in the DVD drive.
The wizard displays the progress of the backup in the Backup Progress dialog box, as shown in Figure 12.
You’ll see the status of the backup process for each disk drive that
you are backing up. If you tap or click Close, the backup will continue
to run in the background.
