Hard Disk Monitoring

For users of Acronis True Image this sets up automating a backup from within HDSentinel.

Credit for creating the 'shortcut' goes to garryj over at the Acronis forums.

1. Create a backup job in Acronis.
For instance I use the daily backup job that backs up my 80gb OS SSD drive
2. Open a command prompt: Start > Run > type cmd hit Enter
3. Type: cd C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts and hit Enter
4. Type: findstr /i "name of your backup job" *
For example: findstr /i "daily" *
Hit Enter
5. You should get some results back (I had several but they all had the same GUID)
a. Copy the GUID (the long number and dashes before the .tib.tis)
b. You can copy the value by clicking in the top left corner of the CMD window (on the icon), selecting Edit > Mark
c. Then highlight the GUID, click the top left corner again and Edit > Copy
6. Now open HdSentinel, go to Configuration > Operations
7. On the Projects tab, click New, enter a name for the project and then OK
8. Enter a comment if desired and leave the Project type on 'Run external application or batch file'
9. In the Command line enter:
a. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImageHomeNotify.exe" including the
quotes
Note: if you are using 64bit then use "Program Files (x86)"
b. Add a space after the ending quotes and add:
/script:GUID /uuid:GUID
Where GUID is the value copied from step 5
10. Save it and click Start Now to verify that it works
11. Now you can select the Panic backup tab, choose the Hard Disk(s) that correspond to your backup job, and add the Project you just created.

That's all there is to it.

Great tip. Thanks for posting.

An update for kramttoc's excellent instructions with amendments for Acronis TrueImage 2014

1. Create a backup job in Acronis.
For instance I use the daily backup job that backs up my 80gb OS SSD drive
2. Open a command prompt: Start > Run > type cmd hit Enter
3. Type: cd C:\ProgramData\Acronis\TrueImageHome\Scripts and hit Enter
4. Type: findstr /i "name of your backup job" *
For example: findstr /i "daily" *
Hit Enter
5. You should get some results back (I had several but they all had the same GUID)
a. Copy the GUID (the long number and dashes including the .tib.tis)
b. You can copy the value by clicking in the top left corner of the CMD window (on the icon), selecting Edit > Mark
c. Then highlight the GUID, click the top left corner again and Edit > Copy
6. Now open HdSentinel, go to Configuration > Operations
7. On the Projects tab, click New, enter a name for the project and then OK
8. Enter a comment if desired and leave the Project type on 'Run external application or batch file'
9. In the Command line enter:
a. "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Acronis\TrueImageHome\TrueImageLauncher.exe" including the
quotes
Note: if you are using 64bit then use "Program Files (x86)"
b. Add a space after the ending quotes and add:
/script:GUID
Where GUID is the value copied from step 5 (including the tib.tis)
10. Save it and click Start Now to verify that it works
11. Now you can select the Panic backup tab, choose the Hard Disk(s) that correspond to your backup job, and add the Project you just created.

All kudos to kramttoc for the original helpful and accurate instructions