What Does Backup Manager Mean?

A backup manager is an application that schedules, manages and operates data backup processes on a computer, server or network device. It is an integrated application that works on client/server architecture for extracting backup data copies from a source computer or IT environment to a remote storage facility.

Techopedia Explains Backup Manager

A backup manager is primarily a type of backup software that is designed specifically for enterprise data backup solutions. An enterprise class backup manager software/solution is generally made up of a backup client and backup server-side applications. The backup client applications are installed on each of the local computers/servers that require backup and provides data duplication, compression and other client-end backup operations. The backup server is where the backup will be stored.