Windows client Backup selection (Wild cards)
Master Server 7.7.2 - Windows 2008 R2
Media Server 7.7.2 - Windows 2012 R2
Client 7.7.2 - Windows 2012
We have a file server that has millions of files and I am looking to divide the volumes into 4-5 streams but I can't figure out an easy backup selection like the following:
NEW STREAM
H:\a-g
New Stream
H:\h-l
I know that this is something that is possible for Unix but not for windows. Has anyone else run into something like this?
The method suggested by @watsons has been working for us at various customer sites.
And both uppercase and lowercase gets backed up.NEW_STREAM
X:\Users\a*
X:\Users\b*
X:\Users\c*
X:\Users\d*
.....
...
NEW_STREAM
X:\Users\g*
X:\Users\h*
X:\Users\i*
X:\Users\j*
.....
....
NEW_STREAM
X:\Users\m*
X:\Users\n*
X:\Users\o*
X:\Users\p*
.....
NEW_STREAM
X:\Users\.....
.....Windows is not case sensitive.
You can prevent data loss:
creating a policy with file list ALL_LOCAL_DRIVE
creating a policy with file list e:\data*Then on the client, create a policy specific exclude list, that exclude e:\data* (for the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVE directive). Then if someone create e:\somedir, that directory will be protected by the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVE directive.
