How to Backup All Computers on Network Effortlessly?

Want to backup all computers on network? You can try centralized backup software to create and manage backup tasks for all PCs and servers within LAN.

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By Delia / Updated on January 2, 2024

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Can I backup all computers on network?

Backing up personal data should be part of the daily routine for individual users, and it's not difficult to achieve. But in companies, schools, cyber cafes and such occasions, administrators need to manage multiple computers, and the time & admin costs increase accordingly.

The best way to relieve this burden is adopting a centralized backup solution, thus you can backup all computers on network and manage the tasks centrally. With it, you don't have to perform backup or restore machine by machine. All the operations can be done from the control console easily.

To accomplish this, you need an effective centralized backup software.

Centralized backup software for all computers within LAN

As you know, some centralized backup solutions are designed for skilled computer users and require relevant knowledge base. Here I would like to recommend a comprehensive backup software that even a novice can get started quickly - AOMEI Cyber Backup.

It enables you to use a computer as central console, and backup all Windows desktops, virtual machines, servers, SQL databases. With it, you can create and manage centralized File Backup, Partition Backup, System Backup, Disk Backup tasks with simple clicks, and monitor the status of all the clients. With it, you can also easily backup or restore multiple SQL databases on any computer within LAN, or even restore SQL database to another Server.

Whether you want to backup computers on home network or in company, it offers the following advantages:

☛ Automatic scan and group policy

  • The centralized backup software will automatically scan and list all the computer on the network. 
  • You can divide controlled computers into different groups to apply different backup schemes. 

☛ Flexible backup strategy

  • Manage backup task from a central console and enable email notification etc.
  • You can choose schedule as once/daily/weekly/monthly, set up specific time point and frequency, select full, incremental or differential backup.
  • When you backup all computers regularly, the backup files may accumulate to fill up the storage space, so you can set up a scheme to auto delete backups older than x days.

☛ Hot backup

  • When you run a backup or a scheduled backup is triggered, the client computer will not be interrupted.
  • Due to VSS technique, all the targeted files will be backed up even when they are being used.

How to backup all computers on network at once?

You can use this software to backup all computers on home or business network. And the operation is quite simple.

◉ First, download and install AOMEI Cyber Backup on the central computer, and install the Agent package on all the clients (copy from installation path or install through ACB).

 

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◉ Click Source Device Microsoft SQL Add Microsoft SQL. Then fill in Authentication information to validate the database instance.

Steps to create a centralized backup task for all computers:

1. Click Backup Task Create New Task to create a Microsoft SQL Backup task.

Microsoft SQL Backup

 

2. Click on Device Name to specify the instance and databases you want to back up. You can select one or multiple databases as you need.

select databases

3. Select a Target storage to save your SQL backups, it could be a local path or network path.

choose destination

4. Set up a backup Schedule to run the SQL database backup daily/weekly/monthly, and choose the backup method as Full/Incremental/Differential.

🔰 Optional:
✦ Backup Cleanup helps you to delete older backup version automatically and therefore save storage space. You can upgrade AOMEI Cyber Backup to enjoy this advanced feature.
✦ Email Notification enables you to receive email notifications when the task is abnormal or successful.

5. Click Start Backup to execute the task. Once it's finished, you will find it in the Backup Task tab.

schedule and auto SQL backup

Conclusion

If you need to manage multiple computers at the same time in your work or daily life, it is much less hassle to backup all computers on network at the same time than to operate them one by one.

With centralized backup software like AOMEI Cyber Backup, you can create and manage backup tasks centrally. If one of the computers crashes, you can easily restore it to a normal state effortlessly. And not only computer files and OS, this software also supports you to auto backup SQL databases.

Delia
Delia · Editor
Delia owns extensive experience in writing technology-related blog posts, and has been a part of AOMEI since 2020 to provide expertise in data security and disaster recovery. She works with Windows operating systems, SQL databases, and virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-V, specializing in troubleshooting and advising on data protection and migration.