Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) Backup and Restore

This document discusses the recommended backup schedule. The backup and restore procedures for the following FIM 2010 components: FIM Service, FIM Portal, and FIM Synchronization Service are also covered. Most procedures can be started in just a few minutes, but the actual time to back up the data depends on the amount of data there is to back up

Supported Operating Systems

Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

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This guide covers the steps for locating data in FIM 2010 server-side components, finding resources to perform the actual backup, and then restoring the data in a test environment. This guide and FIM 2010 rely significantly on Microsoft SQL Server 2008 for storing and backing up data. This guide assumes that all data is backed up and restored in the same Microsoft Active Directory® forest. Moving data across forests is not supported. This guide covers backup of the following: • The FIM Service database, which includes portal configuration data that is stored in FIM 2010 resource management objects. • The FIM Synchronization database, management agent configuration, and FIM portal • Configuration settings that are stored in .NET application configuration files • Configuration settings that are stored in the registry This guide does not cover backup of the following: • Client components, such as FIM Add-in for Outlook or FIM Password Reset Client • Custom DLLs used for workflow activities • The FIM Certificate Management service database and keys, which are described in FIM 2010 Certificate Management Service Backup and Restore.