You can back up the data on your client computer and restore it when required.
Backup Types
The following backup types are available through the SQL Server Agent:
Supported Backups
The SQL Server Agent supports backup of the following components:
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Component |
What Is Backed Up |
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SQL Server system databases |
Databases such as master, msdb and model |
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SQL Server user databases |
Data files:
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SQL Archiving Server Store for Lync Server |
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SQL Server file stream databases |
File streams File table databases |
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Azure SQL databases |
SQL databases |
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SQL Analysis Services databases |
Source data, aggregations, or metadata. |
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Full-text indexes |
For SQL Server 2005, traditional and IntelliSnap backups For SQL Server 2008, traditional, IntelliSnap and VSS-enabled backups |
Notes:
In a farm configuration, SQL databases with Unicode names should be backed up using other SQL backup tools since the SQL Server Agent supports only the standard alphanumeric characters. The SQL Server Agent does not support databases with extended ASCII or UNICODE characters in their names.
TDE or Always Encrypted are enabled, then the following rules apply:
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Backups are not affected.
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If you have a storage policy that uses deduplication, then the deduplication ratio is low or non-existent.
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If the restore destination is a different client or instance, then the SQL administrator must back up the encryption key, and present it to the destination instance.
Unsupported Backups
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The SQL Server Agent does not support VSS-enabled backups of full-text indexes (FTI) for SQL Server 2005. Instead, use the Windows File System Agent to back up the full-text indexes.
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The tempdb database is not backed up because it is recreated by the SQL Server every time the server is started.
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The SQL Server Agent does not support VSS-enabled SQL Analysis Services.