I used to have this code to backup, using SMO, a database:

Dim loBackup As Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup = New Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Backup

loBackup.Devices.AddDevice(cPath + "\" + cDatabase + ".bak", Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DeviceType.File)
loBackup.Database = cDatabase
loBackup.Action = Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupActionType.Database
loBackup.Initialize = True
loBackup.PercentCompleteNotification = 1

' If we use the compression
If lCompression Then
   loBackup.CompressionOption = Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.BackupCompressionOptions.On
End If

' If we create a new archive
If lInit Then
   loBackup.Initialize = True
End If

AddHandler loBackup.PercentComplete, AddressOf ProgressEventHandler

loBackup.SqlBackup(loServer)

So far, this code was running from the server itself.

Now, I am running this code from an application server, which is not the same as the database server.

I have not been able to find how to adjust those properties to add support for the database server identification.

Is this something that would be possible?