Policy
Disallow optical media as backup target
Microsoft Windows
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to an optical media or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to an optical media. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on optical media being backup target.
Internal name
DisallowOpticalMediaAsBackupTarget
Policy ID
481498da4e2a
Elements
0
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Scope | Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer | Path Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server Value name NoBackupToOptical | REG_DWORD | HKLM 1 | HKLM 0 |
Registry location
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server
Value name
NoBackupToOptical
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
This policy has no additional user input fields.