About excluding Notes databases from backups
You can exclude specific Notes databases from the backup by using database links and directory links. This method works if the databases to which the links point are located outside of the Domino data directory.
Identify the databases you want to exclude and move them to a directory outside the Domino data path. Then, create a Domino database or a directory link to the databases. The agent only backs up files with extensions .nsf, .ntf and .box, and does not follow database links or directory links.
To exclude Notes database files from a backup of a Windows client
- Expand Hosts > Host properties.
- Select the client. If necessary click Connect. Then select Edit client.
- Expand Windows client and select Exclude lists.
- For the policy that you created to back up the database supporting files, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.
- Select Save.
To exclude Notes database files from a backup of a UNIX client
- On each database client, create the following file:
/usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list
- In the
exclude_listfile, add the following file types to the list: .nsf, .ntf, .box, .TXN.