Backing up Secret Server to a Network Share

Secret Server can be configured to backup to a network share instead of a local folder on the server.

For example, you may want to do this such as when the Secret Server database (SQL) is located on a different server than the web application server (IIS).

How to do it:

• The Secret Server IIS Application Pool must be running as a Service Account if it is not already. Learn how here: Running Secret Server IIS Application Pool with a Service Account
• You must grant access to the network share (using Windows ACLs) to the account running the Secret Server IIS Application Pool
  (so that Secret Server can backup the application folder and zip it to the network share)
• You must then grant access to the network share (using Windows ACLs) to the account running Microsoft SQL Server service.
  (so that Microsoft SQL Server can backup the Secret Server database to the network share)
• You can change the service account running Microsoft SQL Server by going to SQL Server Configuration Manager.
• Configure the Automated Backup screen in Secret Server (under Administration | Backup).  It is important to note that the two file paths are from two different perspectives – one is from the ASP.NET application server and the other is from the Microsoft SQL Server (these may be on the same box in your environment, or they might not be depending on how you have configured your Secret Server)

To manually back up Thycotic Secret Server: Thycotic Secret Server Manual Back Up

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