Backup Exec 11d CPS File Exclusions not working

[Paul_Jordan]

We are trying to exclude pst files from the CPS backup job.

We have excluded *.pst on the root directory and applied the exclusion to sub folders.

The exclusion is not working on the sub folders.

I have seen another post on this matter with no resolution.

Has anyone come across this issue, if so, have you found a fix?

[Jay_Cathcart_2]

After discussion with Symantec about this a few months back, I did get an answer.  A weak one,but better than nothing, I guess.

You have to specify the exclusions at or inside the level in the directory where the includes are.  I.e.

If you're backing up:
e:\staff\home\*.*
e:\shared\*.*
e:\2008\*.*

and you try specifying an exclusion of e:\*.mp3 /subdir, it won't work.

You need to exclude:
e:\staff\home\*.mp3 /subdir
e:\shared\*.mp3 /subdir
e:\2008\*.mp3 /subdir

This really stinks when you've got a ton of folders being backed up.

Alternatively, I suppose you could mark the entire drive for backup, exclude the folders you don't want, and then define the filetype excludes at the root of the drive.