1 Select a SharePoint agent under the SharePoint client in the Navigation pane and click Backup.
2 Select the 1-Time Backup tab.
3 In the Instance to Protect area, check the Farm box.
• If you do not see the Farm, click the reload arrows at the bottom to refresh the view.
• The Type column indicates whether this farm is configured as a Single Server or Farm (multi-server) installation.
4 Choose the type of backup by selecting Full or Differential.
If differential backup is chosen and a successful full backup has never run, you are prompted to perform a full backup first.
5 By default, backups are stored on the default device. To backup to a different device, select one in the Available Devices area.
6 Click Backup at the bottom of the page to initiate the backup process.
To view the status of the active backup operation, select Settings > System Monitoring > Jobs. See Monitoring running backup jobs for details. To see the status of completed backup jobs, see Viewing backups.