# Backup Considerations If you are routinely backing up Active Directory in your environment, you may wish to exclude certain volatile Enzoic entries. Enzoic stores its configuration data in Active Directory, as well as some transitory data under the Enzoic container in AD’s System container. Excluding the Enzoic containers which represent this transitory data can prevent exceptions in your backup software, where backups fail due to items getting created and deleted while the backup is running. A list of the AD containers we recommend excluding from your backups is below: ``` System\Enzoic System\DEL-EnzoicTest* ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-for-active-directory/product-usage/backup-considerations.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.