Perform a Manual Backup to a Remote Shared Folder

To back up to a remote shared folder, you will need to first:

• Make sure you have access to an account that is a member of the Administrators or Backup Operators group for the computer that you are using to perform the backup and the computer that contains the remote shared folder. In addition, make sure that you have write access to the remote shared folder.
  
  
• Decide what to include in the backup−the full server or only certain items. (For more information about choosing what to back up, see Backing Up Your Server.)
  
  
• If you have enabled IPsec in your domain and you want to use a remote shared folder to save your backup, you should save the backup to a shared folder on an IPsec boundary computer. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the shared folder when trying to perform a recovery using Windows Recovery Environment.
  
  

	Important
	If you save a backup to a remote shared folder, that backup will be overwritten if you use the same folder to back up the same computer again. In addition, if the backup operation fails, you may end up with no backup because the older backup will be overwritten, but the newer backup will not be usable.

To create a manual backup and save it to a remote shared folder

1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Server Backup.

2. From the Actions pane of the snap-in default page, under Windows Server Backup, click Backup Once. This opens the Backup Once Wizard.

3. On the Backup Options page, do one of the following, and then click Next:

   • Click Scheduled backup options.
     
     
   • Click Different options.
     
     
     1. On the Select Backup Configuration page, do one of the following, and then click Next:
        
        
        1. Click Full server (recommended) to back up all volumes on the server. This is the recommended option.
           
           
        2. Click Custom to back up just certain items, and then click Next.
           
           
           1. On the Select Items for Backup page, click Add Items. In Select Items, select the check boxes for the items that you want to back up. If you want to back up just certain folders or files, expand the folder tree and select the items that you want to include. Click OK.
              
              
           2. On the Select Items for Backup page, click Advanced Settings, click the Exclusions tab, click Add Exclusions, and then expand the folder tree and select the items that you want to exclude.
              
              
           3. On the VSS Settings tab, select either VSS full Backup or VSS copy Backup. Click OK.
              
              
     2. On the Specify Destination Type page, click Remote shared folder, and then click Next.
        
        
     3. On the Specify Remote Folder page, type the path to the folder. In this folder, a folder named WindowsImageBackup will be created. The backup that you create will be saved at: \\<RemoteServer>\<SharedFolderPath>\WindowsImageBackup\<ComputerBackedUp>.
        
        
     4. Also on the Specify Remote Folder page, do one of the following:
        
        
        • Click Do not inherit if you want the backup to be accessible only for the user credentials used to create the backup, and then click Next. Type a user name and password for a user account that has write permissions on the computer that is hosting the remote folder, and then click OK.
          
          
        • Click Inherit if you want the backup to be accessible to everyone who has access to the remote shared folder, and then click Next.
          
          

        	Note
        	If you already have a backup stored at this location, you will receive a warning that the backup will be overwritten. If you do not want this to happen, click Cancel and then provide a different shared folder.

4. On the Confirmation page, review the details, and then click Backup. The wizard prepares the backup set, confirms access to the remote shared folder, and then creates the backup.

5. On the Backup Progress page, you can view the status of the backup.