The importance of backing up is something that goes without saying, right? Well, better safe than sorry, so we will say it anyway: backup your server as often as humanly possible! While doing that, there are certain important things to know about backing up this specific product.
The good news is that UAG can automatically create a backup each time you perform a configuration-activation, so even if you neglected or forgot to do a regular backup, there's a good chance that you have a bunch of usable backups at any point in time. The not-so-good news is that a backup doesn't backup quite everything.
The backup mechanism built into UAG creates an XML file containing the trunk and application configuration, but it does not include the local Network configuration or the computer's certificates. This means that if you neglect to back those up separately, a restore won't get you very far.
Don't worry, though—backing these up is not that difficult. A very useful and efficient way to...