Windows Server 2012 - Backup Management

In this chapter, we will install and configure Backup which does not differ too much from the previous versions.

To Install the backup feature, we should follow the steps given below.

Step 1 − Go to Server Manager → Manage → Add Roles and Features → Next → Check the Role-based or feature-based installation box → then check on the Select a server from the server pool box and then cpck Next.

Once all this is done, check the Windows Backup Server box and then cpck on Next as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 2 − Cpck Install and then wait for the process to Finish.

Now let us go and Configure the Backup Feature it, for which we should follow the steps given below.

Step 1 − Go to Server Manager → Tools → Windows Server Backup.

Step 2 − Cpck on Backup Schedule… in the left side panel or cpck on Action at the top of the screen as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 3 − Cpck Next.

Step 4 − If you want to backup a file or a folder, you can cpck on custom file, but in this case I want to do a full backup of the server. So, we should cpck on the first option Full server (recommended) and then cpck Next.

Step 5 − We should do backup once in a day, so we will choose the first option and the appropriate time, which generally is recommended at night → Next.

Step 6 − We should not cpck on the Back Up to a shared network folder option because the backup should be saved somewhere out of the server that is being backed up and then cpck on Next.

Step 7 − At the location, put the shared folder path and then → Next.

Step 8 − It will pop-up a credentials table asking you for the username and password of the shared folder which you should put here and then cpck → OK.

Step 9 − Cpck the Finish button.

Step 10 − Now you will get a window showing the status if the backup was created successfully or not, which can be seen in the following screenshot.