Configuring exclude lists for Exchange clients
This topic describes how to exclude items from an Exchange backup. For more information about this topic, see the following:
See About excluding Exchange items from backups.
The following figure shows an exclude list with two databases:
Note:
For backups in a clustered or replicated environment, select each node and perform the configuration procedure on each node. You must configure the same settings on each node. If you change the attributes for the virtual server name, NetBackup updates only the DAG host server.
To configure an Exchange client exclude list
- Open the NetBackup Administration Console or the Remote Administration Console.
- In the left pane, expand NetBackup Administration > Host Properties > Clients.
- In the right pane, select the Exchange client(s) that you want to configure.
- Click Actions > Properties.
- Expand Windows Client and click Exclude Lists.
- Click Add.
- Specify objects to exclude in one of the following ways:
In the Policy field, select <<All Policies>> or type the name of a specific policy.
In the Schedules field, select <<All Schedules>> or type the name of a specific schedule.
In the Files/Directories field, type the name of a database in the following format:
Microsoft Information Store:\name
For name, specify the name of an Exchange database, as follows:
To exclude a specific database from an Exchange backup, type the name of a database to be excluded, even for DAG backups.
When you specify an Exchange database to exclude, do not include any wildcard characters.
- (Conditional) Repeat step 3 through step 7 for the other nodes in the environment.
Perform this step if the NetBackup environment is clustered or replicated.
If you specify the name of the virtual client, only the DAG host server is updated. For the changes to be effective throughout the cluster, repeat the configuration steps on each node.
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