Backing Up ConfigMgr

Backing Up ConfigMgr

Everyone knows about the backup maintenance task for ConfigMgr. You configure that, and you’re good to go if your site ever fails. What you may not realize is that you actually need a little bit more than that if you don’t want to recreate your applications and packages and have to redistribute everything to your distribution points. Also, in case you’ve never looked, the backup maintenance task only keeps the most previous backup. If you want to keep multiple, you will have to do some scripting.

I will go over the other folders that you need to backup, how to retain multiple days’ worth of backups, and finally provide a PowerShell script that you can use to automatically do all of this for you.

Additional Folders

There are at least five additional folders that you need to backup. The reason I say “at least” is because the number will depend on how many distribution points you have in your environment. The following folders will exist on any central administration server (CAS) or primary site server (PSS) that you have.

Read more here https://www.windowsmanagementexperts.com/backing-up-configmgr/backing-up-configmgr.htm