Manually backing up your system configuration (explained)

When you want to perform a manual backup of your system configuration, make sure that your system stays online. Here are a few things to consider before you start the backup:

You cannot use a backup to copy configurations to other systems.
It can take some time to back up your configuration. It depends on your system configuration, your hardware, and on whether your SQL server, management server and Management Client are installed on the same computer.
Logs, including audit logs, are not part of the configuration backup.