Add an availability group to a policy

This topic describes how to add availability groups to a policy when you choose the Protect availability groups option.

To add an availability group to a policy

On the Instances and databases tab, click Protect availability groups.
Click Add.
All availability groups that you registered are displayed.
In the left pane, select the Availability groups node.
In the right pane, select the check box next to each availability group that you want to add to the list.
Click Select.
When you select an availability group, all databases in the availability group are included in the backup.
The objects you select in the backup selections list apply only to the availability groups or availability databases that you add to the list on this tab.