Backing up and recovering OpsMgr
Before you dive straight in backing up OpsMgr, you will need to create a plan that lists the components you wish to backup along with a schedule of when you need to execute those backup jobs.
Depending on the organization, your backup plan may also need to include detailed information on which teams have responsibility for backing up the relevant OpsMgr components along with documentation about the applications used to perform the backups. For example, in large organizations, responsibility for backing up the databases may lie with a dedicated SQL team; while backing up the unsealed management packs and virtual machines might be a job for a dedicated backup team. In smaller environments, the OpsMgr administrator will most likely have responsibility for backing up the entire environment and the backup plan will become less defined.
On customer projects, we typically use information from the following table to help design a backup plan and schedule for the...