NetBackup 8 Exclude lists

[CadenL]

Hi

When I add a directory to a windows client exclude list will this also exclude all subdirectories as well? Or do I need to add something like [a-zA-Z].....

I'm basically looking for a way to exclude all files and subdirectories by using the Exclude list

thanks

[Lowell_Palecek]

Yes. If you exclude C:\Program Files, you exclude all of that tree. You can include back in subdirectories that you want to back up.

[Thiago_Ribeiro]

Hi,

These TNs are very interesting, take a look

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH30603 - DOCUMENTATION: Additional examples for setting up exclude_list files on NetBackup clients

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH73478 - Excluding files from backup. Addendum to VERITAS NetBackup System Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume 1

Regards,

Thiago

[Thiago_Ribeiro]

Hi,

These TNs are very interesting, take a look:

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH30603 - DOCUMENTATION: Additional examples for setting up exclude_list files on NetBackup clients

https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.TECH73478 - Excluding files from backup. Addendum to VERITAS NetBackup System Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume 1

Regards,

Thiago

[CadenL]

ok thanks

So just to confirm..... if i simply put C:\Program Files (without any wild cards, trailing \ or [ ]  ) then that would recusively exclude all files and subdirectories below "C:\Program Files". 

I think the main thing I wanted to ensure was that this happens recursively and won't continue to backup files and folders that are perhaps two levels down from my exclusion.

thanks

[GeForce123]

If you have C:\Program Files\Veritas\ in your exclude list it will exclude the entire directory Veritas, so all files and folders in Veritas are ignored. So, all directories and files in C:\Program Files\ are backed up except the directory Veritas and anything in Veritas.

In your specific question, if you have C:\Program Files in your exclude list, it will exclude any file named Program Files in C:\ and the entire directory Program Files including all files and directories inside of it.

If you don't close the exclude statement with a '\' it treats it as a file and directory.

[Marianne]

Please note that support for wild cards are VERY limited on Windows clients.

Square brackets [] are not supported.

You can find everything about Exclude List on Windows clients in NBU Admin Guide I.