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flowww
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How to exclude a file/path from SystemState-Backup?

Hello,

I receive the following VSS Snapshot warning on every SystemState-Backup I've done:

"File C:\Windows\System32\cba\pds.exe is not present on the snapshot."

This file is part of our LANDesk-Serverinstallation.
Our LANDesk specialist told me that I can exclude this file from the backup.

I just don't know how to exclude it from the SystemState-Backup.

Please help,
Florian

  • This is caused by a registry entry existing that looks like it refers to something that is part of the system state, but the file itself is missing (usually caused by a bad uninstall/removal process.)

    As such if the file relates to LANDesk then your LANDesk Specialist may need to help you find the reg key(s).

    The other option is just to create a file called pds.exe in C:\Windows\System32\cba\

     

    Note: You can't actually do an exclude from a System State backup.

  • Thanks for your help!

    Good to know that I can't exclude anything from the SystemState-Backup.

    I will try what you wrote but before that I'll try to resolve it with the following trick I found in the LANDesk User Community:

    http://community.landesk.com/support/docs/DOC-9772

    I'll post the results here.

    Kind Regards from Vienna,
    Florian