auto-discovery streaming mode policy backup selections list syntax

[GlenG]

I have a 7+TB Windows client that I need to break up into multiple streams.  It looks like auto-discovery streaming mode will do the job but I do not understand the required syntax for the policy backup selections list.   Is the following valid?  Will it create a stream for each directory in E:

E:\*\

Some help panels say “\” (backslash) is treated as an escape character when followed by a wildcard.

At one point this example is given but there is no explanation of what files are backed up:

C:\test\*.exe

Would the above backup the file “test*.exe”, or all the files in C: that start with “test” and end with “.exe”, or maybe all of the files ending with “.exe” in directory c:\test

Another section shows using “Unix” syntax for Windows selections.   I think that means  I would need  /e/*/

Thanks,
GlenG
 

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

First some T/N:

Wildcard use in NetBackup on Windows

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO34548

How to include/exclude files in a range for NetBackup Windows clients, using wildcard

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH17539

DOCUMENTATION: Clarification of the use of wild cards in a policy's file list.

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH37686

Then some answers:

A file selection of e:\* will create one backup stream per directory or file. Be carefully not creating 100 of backup streams - that will bring down the client. Some sort of directory management is needed on the client.

c:\test\*.exe will only backup .exe files in directory c:\test.

If you wan't to do some basic regular expression study check out wikipedia at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions

[GlenG]

Nicolai,

Thanks for the TNs and the answers.

e:\* did what I think I want to do. :)  It created 14 streams.  I set Limit jobs per policy to 6 so they do not all run a once.

Thanks again for the help,

GlenG

[Nicolai]

Glad I could help

Thanks for marking as a solution,