SonicWALL 6 manual Creating an Application Object for SharePoint

Backing Up Server Applications

Creating an Application Object for SharePoint

To backup Microsoft SharePoint, you must configure an application object, a schedule, and a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule. This section describes how to create the application object.

To backup SharePoint using the Agent User Interface, perform the following steps:

Step 1	Open the SonicWALL Agent User Interface on the SharePoint server.
Step 2	In the SonicWALL CDP Agent User Interface, click the Policies tab.
Step 3	In the left pane, click Applications.
Step 4	In the right pane, click the Plus button	at the lower right corner. The Add Application window
	opens.

Step 5 Type a descriptive name for the application object into the Name field.

Step 6 Select Microsoft SQL Server/SharePoint in the Application drop-down list. The list of available applications is automatically populated through a discovery process. For proper discovery, the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy service must not be disabled.

Step 7 Under Application items, select the checkboxes for one or more SharePoint databases to back up. SonicWALL recommends selecting the Select All checkbox to ensure that all associated files are backed up for SharePoint.

Step 8 In the Add Application window, click OK to add the application object.

The new application object appears in the Policies screen of the Agent User Interface.

Note Before the backup will occur, you must also configure a schedule for this application object, and a backup task that includes both the application object and the schedule.

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