Policy

Disallow locally attached storage as backup target

This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to locally attached storage or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to a locally attached storage or disk. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on locally attached storage or disk being backup target.

Policy
Pack Microsoft Windows
Category Server
Policy ID fdfe425fa2b4
Internal name DisallowLocallyAttachedStorageAsBackupTarget

Registry

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HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server\NoBackupToDisk (enabled) = 1
HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Server\NoBackupToDisk (disabled) = 0

Policy notes

This policy setting allows you to manage whether backups of a machine can run to locally attached storage or not. If you enable this policy setting, machine administrator/backup operator cannot use Windows Server Backup to run backups to a locally attached storage or disk. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, there is no restriction on locally attached storage or disk being backup target.

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