What Gets Backed Up with Backup for Workgroups

What Gets Backed Up?

Backup for Workgroups can backup all the files on your local hard drive that it is allowed to access. Here’s what the Backup Client software can backup for you:

Closed files.
Files that are not currently in use by an application.
Windows Registry database.
Windows denies access to the Windows Registry files, but allows third-party applications to access this information through special application programming interface (API) functions. The Backup Client takes these special actions to interact with your Operating System as needed to automatically backup your Windows Registry. Some backup products do not backup the Windows Registry or they require you to purchase an add-on to capture this information. Failing to include the Windows Registry in a backup plan is shortsighted because you cannot fully restore your computer without the Registry.
Open Files.
Open files are those files that are currently in use by an application at the time of backup. With Backup for Workgroups version 5.0, the Backup Client now includes the Open File Add-On automatically. This means that the Backup Client, when installed on Windows 2003/XP and higher, can include open files in the backup process, such as SQL Server, Exchange Server, Active Directory, and other server applications.
Microsoft Exchange Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Exchange and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Exchange databases and log files.
Microsoft Active Directory.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Active Directory and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Active Directory files.
Microsoft SQL Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with SQL data and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the SQL databases and log files.

What Gets Backed Up?

Closed files.
Files that are not currently in use by an application.

Microsoft Exchange Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Exchange and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Exchange databases and log files.

Microsoft Active Directory.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Active Directory and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Active Directory files.

Microsoft SQL Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with SQL data and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the SQL databases and log files.

What Gets Backed Up?

Closed files. Files that are not currently in use by an application.

Microsoft Exchange Server data. With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Exchange and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Exchange databases and log files.

Microsoft Active Directory. With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Active Directory and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Active Directory files.

Microsoft SQL Server data. With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with SQL data and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the SQL databases and log files.

Closed files.
Files that are not currently in use by an application.

Microsoft Exchange Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Exchange and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Exchange databases and log files.

Microsoft Active Directory.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with Active Directory and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the Active Directory files.

Microsoft SQL Server data.
With the Open File Add-On, the Backup Client interacts with SQL data and when installed on Windows 2003 or higher, will backup the SQL databases and log files.