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%WINDIR% selects the folder where Windows is located (for example, C:\Windows).
You can use other environment variables or a combination of environment variables and text. For
example, to select the Java folder in the Program Files folder, type: %PROGRAMFILES%\Java.
Selection rules for Linux
Full path to a file or directory. For example, to back up file.txt on the volume /dev/hda3
mounted on /home/usr/docs, specify /dev/hda3/file.txt or /home/usr/docs/file.txt.
/home selects the home directory of the common users.
/root selects the root user's home directory.
/usr selects the directory for all user-related programs.
/etc selects the directory for system configuration files.
Selection rules for OS X
Full path to a file or directory.
Examples:
To back up file.txt on your desktop, specify /Users/<username>/Desktop/file.txt, where
<username> is your user name.
To back up all users' home directories, specify /Users.
To back up the directory where the applications are installed, specify /Applications.
2.8.2.3 Selecting system state
System state backup is available for machines running Windows Vista and later.
To back up system state, in What to back up, select System state.
A system state backup is comprised of the following files:
Task scheduler configuration
VSS Metadata Store
Performance counter configuration information
MSSearch Service
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
The registry
Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
Component Services Class registration database
2.8.2.4 Selecting SQL databases
A backup of an SQL database contains the database files (.mdf, .ndf), log files (.ldf), and other
associated files. The files are backed with the help of the SQL Writer service. The service must be
running at the time that the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) requests a backup or recovery.
To select SQL databases
1. Click Microsoft SQL.
Machines with Agent for SQL installed are shown.
2. Browse to the data that you want to back up.
Double-click a machine to view the SQL Server instances it contains. Double-click an instance to
view the databases it contains.
