Emergency backup when disk failure is detected

Controls whether or not WindowSMART will run an emergency backup if a disk failure condition is detected. WindowSMART can run an emergency backup either to a local drive or to a shared drive over the network, and can also run a third-party program. If this policy is enabled, the settings you select are enforced and cannot be changed by the user. If this policy is disabled, an emergency backup will never run. If this policy is not configured, users are free to customize emergency backup settings.

If backing up over the network, you MUST specify a username and password. The password is stored encrypted, so you MUST paste the ENCRYPTED password value. The easiest way to set this up is to install WindowSMART on an administrator's PC, customize as desired and then export the Registry settings. You will need to copy the BackupPass registry value.

When specifying directories to include in a backup, enter them one per line. Note that an emergency backup will attempt to determine the drive letter(s) of a failing disk(s), so an emergency backup will only back up data from drive letter(s) on failing disks, not all of the specified folders. If the drive letters cannot be determined, all specified folders will be backed up.

Excluding items: To exclude items, you need to specify the pattern to exclude. If you want to exclude files or folders containing the term 'helloworld' then specify 'helloworld'. To exclude folders (and their contents) that start with the name 'helloworld' specify '\helloworld'. To exclude files with a .TMP extension specify '.tmp'. Do NOT use wildcard characters (* or ?) in your exclude items.

If running a third-party backup program, you can specify the arguments {PHYSICALDISKS} and {DRIVELETTERS} to pass a comma-separated list of failing disk numbers and letters, respectively, to the backup program.

Emergency backup behavior if disk reports failure (TEC)

0. Run emergency backup
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	PerformEmergencyBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	True

1. Do not run emergency backup
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	PerformEmergencyBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	False

Emergency backup behavior if TEC is on temperature or airflow temperature

0. Do not run emergency backup
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	NoHotBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	True

1. Run emergency backup anyway
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	NoHotBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	False

Emergency backup target

0. Local Path
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	BackupLocal
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	True

1. Network Shared Drive
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	BackupLocal
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	False

Local backup target (i.e. D:\Backups)

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	LocalBackupPath
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value

Shared drive target (i.e. \\backupserver\backups)

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	UNCBackupPath
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value

Username for remote backup (required for network backup) - specify in format domain\username or user@domain

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	BackupUser
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value

Password for remote backup user (paste encrypted value)

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	BackupPass
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value

Run a third-party backup program (or other tool)

0. Run third-party backup
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	PerformCustomBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	True

1. Do not run third-party backup
   

   Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
   Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
   Value Name	PerformCustomBackup
   Value Type	REG_SZ
   Value	False

Full path and executable of third-party program

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	CustomBackupProgram
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value

Optional program arguments

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Dojo North Software\HomeServerSMART\Configuration
Value Name	CustomBackupArgs
Value Type	REG_SZ
Default Value