Disallow optical media as backup target

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.

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008

Registry HiveHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server
Value NameNoBackupToOptical
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

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