Backup Critical and Non-Critical System State Components for Windows File System

Critical Components

If a critical component fails during the backup of system state, the backup job fails with an error code as the backed up data is not sufficient for a restore of the operating system.

• Active Directory
• ASR
• Cluster Database
• Registry
• System Info Archive
• System Protected Files
• System Volume

Non-Critical Components

If a non-critical component fails during the backup of system state, the backup job completes with an error code as the backed up data is sufficient for a restore of the operating system. However, the non-critical components do not get restored.

• Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM)
• BITS service
• Certificate services
• COM+ database
• Content indexing catalogs
• DDR explicit content
• DFS replication services
• DHCP
• Disk quotas
• Event logs
• File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
• IIS
• Metadata
• NPS database
• Offline files
• One touch files
• Remote storage database
• RSM
• Terminal Services Licensing
• UDDI database
• WMI database
• WINS