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Back up the Active Directory

There are several approaches that you can use to back up a computer's System State.

• Create a backup job as you would create any other backup job and include the System State object for the computer with the source selections for the job.
• Create a backup job that includes only the computer's System State.

  

Note: The following steps describe how to submit a normal backup job. For information about submitting staging and deduplication backup jobs, see "Backing up Data."

To back up the Active Directory

1. Open the Backup Manager Window and click the Start tab.

   The Backup job types display.

2. Click Normal backup to specify a normal backup job.

   Note: For more information about the types of backup jobs, see the "Backing up Data."

   Click the Source tab.

   The backup source directory tree displays.

3. Browse to the computer that you want to back up.

   Expand the volumes contained by the server and display the System State object.

   Click the check box next to System State.

   Note: The Backup Manager prevents you from selecting only the Active Directory.

4. Click the Schedule tab to define when and how frequently you want to back up the System State.

   Note: For information about scheduling jobs, see "Customizing Jobs."

5. Click the Destination tab.

   The available Device Groups display in the directory tree.

6. Select the Device Group where you want to store the backup data.
7. Click Options on the toolbar to define backup options for the job.

   Note: For information about backup options, see "Backing up Data."

8. Click Submit on the toolbar to submit the job.

   The job is submitted.