To back up Active Directory or ADAM/AD LDS

1. On the navigation bar, click the down arrow next to Backup.

2. Click New Backup Job.

3. Do one of the following:

   To back up Active Directory	On the View by Resources tab, under All Resources, expand the name of the computer that contains the Active Directory that you want to back up. Click System State. In the Properties pane, under Settings, click Microsoft Active Directory.
   To back up ADAM/AD LDS	In the View by Resources tab, expand Favorite Resources. Expand Windows Systems. Expand the name of the computer where ADAM/AD LDS is installed. Select ADAM/AD LDS.

4. Select the appropriate options as follows:

   Use Backup Exec Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) to enable the restore of individual objects from Active Directory backups (not supported for Read-Only Domain Controllers)	Check this option to enable the restore of individual items from full backups of the Active Directory or ADAM/ AD LDS. Ensure that you meet the requirements for Granular Recovery Technology. See About requirements for jobs that use Granular Recovery Technology.
   Perform consistency check before backup when using Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) snapshot provider (Windows Server 2008)	Select this option to check snapshots for data corruption. This option applies only to snapshots that are performed by the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS). If corrupt data is found and this option is not selected, the job fails.
   Continue with backup if consistency check fails	Select this option if you want the backup job to continue even if the consistency check fails. You may want the job to continue if a backup of the database in its current state is better than no backup at all. Or you may want the job to continue if you back up a large database that may have only a small problem.

5. Do one of the following:

   To run the job now	Click Run Now.
   To schedule the job to run later	Do the following in the order listed: In the Properties pane, under Frequency, click Schedule. Set the scheduling options. Click Submit.