; SNAPCONTROL config file. ; https://github.com/mhgschmidt/snapcontrol ; ; This tool creates an image backups of windows machines, ; it uses the Drive Snapshot tool by Tom Ehlert Software. ; Please support this great tool and buy a license. ; http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/order.htm ; ; Copyright (c) 2019-2021 Michael H.G. Schmidt ; EMAIL: michael@schmidt2.de ; Released under the MIT license. ; ; IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE quotation marks in this INIFILE ! ; [INSTALL] ; where to install the exe and the infile ... InstallTo = c:\snapshot ; path where snapshot.exe is located ... BinPath = c:\tools [BACKUP] ; target PATH examples: ; - "D:\BACKUP" (LOCAL path on drive d:) ; - "\\example\share" (SMB share on server "example") ; - "/backup" (some path on FTP server) TargetPath = D:\BACKUP ; active FTP backup with "yes" FtpBackup = no ; name of ftp server FtpServer = ftp.example.com ; target USER (only for SMB/FTP mode needed) TargetUser = ftpbackup ; target PASSWORD (only for SMB/FTP mode needed) TargetPassword = mypassword ; backup schedule modes: ; TIME -> absolute start time (format = hh:mm) ; LOGIN -> delay before starting the backup after login (format = mmmm:ss) BackupSched = LOGIN BackupStart = 0005:00 ; disks to dump (please use Drive Snapshot format!) ; see http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/commandline.htm Disks2Dump = HD1:* ; paths to exclude (comma separated list) ; spaces in silenames must be enclosed with "" ExcludeList = c:\TEMP,C:\Perflogs ; maximum size of dumpfiles in MB (reduce for fat32 target drives to 4095) DumpSize = 4095 ; verify the backup ? Verify = yes ; delete all files in the recycle bin before starting the backup ? BurnTrash = no ; encrypt the backup ? ; no: do NOT encrypt ; dynamic: generate a password. will be sent via mail ; HINT: Generation happens only ONCE and only in case ; that "encryptpw" ist empty. snapcontrol will write ; the generated password into the inifile ! ; yes: use the password in variable "encryptpw" Encrypt = no ; some hard to guess password ---> WRITE IT DOWN !!! ; and DO NOT USE quotation marks ! EncryptPW = ; limit write IO in MB/s LimitIO = ; should drive/media be ejected after backup ? (yes/no) EjectMedia = yes [LOGGING] LogFile = backup.log HistLog = history.log [MAIL] ; ; The mail setup in this config file was tested and works perfectly ; for gmail (please be aware that you will have to change your ; gmail security settings in case you plan to use gmail) ; ; shall we send a mail ? MailReport = no ; mail recipient... MailTo = backup@example.com ; address of SMTP server (TLS/SSL only !) MailServer = smtp.gmail.com ; port of SMTP server (in most cases it's 465 or 587) MailPort = 465 ; user for sending mail MailUser = example@gmail.com ; password on mailserver MailPass = mypassword