Disallow optical media as backup target

Policy ID
DisallowOpticalMediaAsBackupTarget
Scope
Computer Configuration
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2008
Source
Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category
Server

Description

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.

Registry

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  • NoBackupToOpticalREG_DWORD

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