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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>How to perform a Hot Bare Metal backup of an entire disk on a Windows client</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="purpose">Purpose </h3> <p>This article addresses how to configure the Unitrends agent for Windows to protect the entire disk rather than only the root (C:) volume during a hot Bare Metal backup.</p> <h3 data-id="applies-to">Applies To </h3> <p>Windows Servers and Desktops</p> <h3 data-id="description">Description</h3> <p>By default, a Windows hot Bare Metal backup protects the partition table and the root volume. The Unitrends agent for Windows can be configured the entire disk.</p> <h3 data-id="execution">Execution</h3> <p>Locate the volume on which the Unitrends Agent is installed, this is the C: volume by default. The Unitrends Agent software is installed in the \PCBP\ directory. Within the \PCBP\ directory, the primary configuration file is the MASTER.ini.</p> <ol><li>Open the MASTER.ini configuration file using a text editor such as Notepad.</li> <li>In the BProfessional section (denoted by brackets), add the entry “autoconfigureincludes=false” as indicated below:</li> </ol><p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: courier;">[BProfessional]<br>Title=MicroSoft NT ; Do not edit<br>TestTries=1 ; Do not edit<br>CatalogLines=66 ; Number of lines in the catalog file per page<br>IsClient=1 ; Do not edit<br>Color=13743257<br>Netpacket=8192 ; Packet size to be used.<br>Inettime=1500 ; Do not edit<br>RewindDelay=30 ; Wait for 30 seconds for rewinding<br>ResetArchiveBit=True ; Is Archive bit reset after Mast/Incr backup<br>BackupProperties=True ; Backup properties, ownership rights, for<br> ; files/folders<br>BackupRegSec=True ; Backup the properties, ownership rights for ; registry keys<br>EnableAutomaticRestart=False ; Disable auto Shutdown after restoring system files<br>DetectHungFiles=False ; Synchronous logging capability. Use after<br> ; consulting Unitrends support<br>BeforeCmdWaitTime=36000<br>AfterCmdWaitTime=1800 ; # of seconds to wait for after commmand.<br>SystemStateBackup=True ; Backup system state<br>SystemStateUsingNtBackup=False<br>NtBackupKeepAlive=600 ; # of seconds to wait for NtBackup to finish.<br>NTBackupLocation= ; Where (directory) to dump the system state backup.<br> ; default is C:<br> <br><br>;Debugging levels for the processes on a scale from 0 - 5<br>DefProfile=C:\PCBP\Profiles.dir\master.spr<br>Logname=C:\PCBP\Logs.dir\pcbp.log<br>UseChangeJournal=True<br>SkipOSArchiveFiles=True<br>data=1745<br>ChangeJournalSizeMB=500<br><b>autoconfigureincludes=false</b></span></p> </article> </main>