This section includes the following topics:

• How to prepare for backup

• About backup strategies

• Choosing a backup strategy

• Selecting data to back up

• About using fully qualified computer names in backup selections

• About the Computer Name node in the backup selections list

• About the Favorite Resources node in the backup selections list

• About the Domains node in the backup selections list

• Adding an Active Directory domain to the Active Directory Domains node

• About the Oracle Real Application Clusters node in the backup selections list

• About the NDMP Devices node in the backup selections list

• About the VMware VirtualCenter and ESX Servers node in the backup selections list

• About the Microsoft SharePoint Server Farms node in the backup selections list

• About the User-defined Selections node in the backup selections list

• Adding a user-defined selection to the User-defined Selections node

• How to back up Microsoft Windows Distributed File System

• Including or excluding files for backup

• About selection lists

• Using resource discovery to search for new resources

• About the Backup Exec Shadow Copy Components file system

• How to restore individual items by using Granular Recovery Technology