About performing complete backups
To restore all files on the client, you must back up all of the files on the client. If you exclude files during the backup, those files are not backed up and therefore are not restored.
NetBackup™ Bare Metal Restore™ Administrator's Guide · PDF
To restore all files on the client, you must back up all of the files on the client. If you exclude files during the backup, those files are not backed up and therefore are not restored.