The settings file is called the master.ini file and resides in the directory C:\PCBP. It contains the settings used by the backup system agent. It includes an extensive debugging section that Customer Support personnel can use to uncover problems. It is not recommended to change this file manually. Following are the frequently used options that are present in the settings file.
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ResetArchiveBit
When this is set to True the DOS archive bit is reset when the file is backed up. When this is set to False it is not reset. If you experience problems with applications that do not like their attributes changed, then you should set this. By default this value is set to True.
Inettime
This value is used by the agent. It defines the amount of milliseconds between each listen to incoming connections. If a slowdown is experienced when the application is not running, then the agent may be the cause. By increasing this value to 3,000 you should see an improvement.
BackupProperties
This value enables backup of file and folder properties (security information, alternative data streams, extended attributes, etc.). This is for Windows NT4 systems and above (NTFS volumes only). By default this value is set to True.
BackupRegSec
This enables backup of registry security information. This is for Windows 2000 systems and above (NTFS volumes only). By default this value is set to True (registry security information is backed up).
EnableAutomaticRestart
At the end of a restore process, if a restart is required, a dialog box is presented you choose to restart or cancel. If the dialog box times out, this flag determines whether the engine should restart the system or not. If this flag is enabled, the engine restarts the system. This is for all Windows systems. By default the setting is False meaning the engine does not restart the system if the restart dialog box times out.
DetectHungFiles
If this flag is set, then catalog and log files are synchronously flushed to the disk after every write. This is for all Windows systems. The default value is False.
SystemStateUsingNtBackup
For systems with Active Directory, this setting enables (if set to True) the use of NTBackup to backup the Windows system state. The default value is True.
NtBackupKeepAlive
This setting is the number of seconds to wait for NTBackup to complete and is used if SystemStateUsingNtBackup is set to True. The default value is 600.
NTBackupLocation
This setting dictates where to place the system state dump file created when NTBackup runs.
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USnapEnable
This setting dictates whether or not snapshot technology is used. The default setting is True for Microsoft 2003 clients, but is False for Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows 2000 clients. For Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows 2000 clients, snapshots are created using the Unitrends Snapshot driver and can be enabled or disabled from the client in the Options > Snapshot Properties menu.
USnapDisable2K3
This setting dictates whether the Unitrends Snapshot driver or Microsoft VSS is used to create snapshots during a backup. The default setting is True for Microsoft 2003 clients and up, indicating that Microsoft VSS will be used to create snapshots. This setting is not used with Microsoft Windows 2000 clients.