As mentioned previously, the App Controller server when deployed with a remote SQL Server does not contain a lot of information. This gives us a lot of choices for planning a backup of the App Controller environment. We can use multiple methods to perform a backup of the App Controller environment, as follows:
Using traditional tools such as SQL Server Management Studio to perform database backup and using Windows Backup to perform system state backup of the operating system.
Using System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager to perform scheduled backup of the App Controller SQL database and BMR (bare metal recovery) of the operating system running App Controller binaries.
Restoring App Controller database to an existing environment without running an App Controller setup by backing up the App Controller database only using traditional or enterprise-level backup tools. During disaster recovery, install App Controller as a fresh install. Then restore the previously backed...