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For all these options, enter the word or characters that meet your requirements. Additionally, there is a final
drop-down menu that allows you to select between Files and Files and folders for Lenovo Online Data Backup's
backup search.
Figure 15: Folder Name
Configuring Microsoft Volume Shadow Services Backup Set Rules
For server backups, you might want to back up Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server,
SYSVOL, registry, and COM+ data. This helps for quick restoration when you have data loss. Lenovo makes
this process easy for you. For Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, SYSVOL, registry,
and COM+ data, Lenovo Online Data Backup uses the native Microsoft VSS writers to back up the data while
the services are running. Microsoft VSS support is only available on Windows 2003 server or later.
Important: This functionality is only available with a Lenovo Online Data Backup server license.
If these services are running on your machine, the Lenovo Online Data Backup client automatically detects the
available services and displays them in the Backup Sets tab.
Figure 16: VSS Backup Sets
To back up these applications for file sets, select the check box next to the backup set. The Lenovo Online Data
Backup client then automatically uses the Microsoft Volume Shadow-copy Service (VSS) Writer to do the
backup.
At the time of backup, if the Exchange or SQL Server and SQL Server VSS Writer services are running, a request
is made to the VSS, which notifies the Exchange or SQL Server and SQL Server VSS Writer services that a
backup is about to take place. The Exchange or SQL Server services and SQL Server VSS Writer then flush any
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Using Advanced Configuration