Backing Up SSRS

By now, you probably have the ConfigMgr backup task configured, scheduled, and running; Chapter 21, “Backup, Recovery, and Maintenance,” provides information on backups. However, you may not be aware that this task is not backing up your SSRS databases and custom reports!

Tip: Importance of Backing Up SSRS

If you do not back up your SSRS databases, custom reports, and encryption keys, if the report server fails, you must reinstall SSRS and re-create your custom reports.

Here is what is necessary to back up your SSRS database, configuration, and reports:

Schedule a backup of your report server databases. All application data is stored in the Reportserver and Reportservertempdb databases, which are on your SSRS reporting server ...

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