About excluding files from automatic backups
On most NetBackup clients, you can exclude specific files from automatic backups by specifying the files in an exclude list on the client.
You can also create an include list to add a file(s) specifically that is excluded. The include list is useful when, for example, an entire directory is excluded except for one file on the include list.
Exclude and include lists do not apply to user backups and archives.
The method for specifying files in the exclude list and the include list depends on the type of client as follows:
Microsoft Windows clients
| Specify exclude and include lists in the Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface. Start Backup, Archive, and Restore. On the File menu, click . Select the Exclude List tab or the Include List tab. For further instructions, see the NetBackup user's guide for the client.
The or the can also be specified through the NetBackup Administration Console on the master server.
See Exclude Lists properties.
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UNIX clients
| Create the exclude and include lists in the following files on the client: |
Specific policy | Create an exclude list for a specific policy or for a policy and a schedule combination. Create an exclude_list file with a .policyname or .policyname.schedulename suffix. The following two file examples use a policy that is named wkstations. The policy contains a schedule that is named fulls:
/usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list.wkstations
/usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list.wkstations.fullsThe first file affects all scheduled backups in the policy that is named wkstations. The second file affects backups only when the schedule is named fulls.
For a given backup, NetBackup uses a single exclude list - the list that contains the most specific name. For example, if there are files named:
exclude_list.wkstations and exclude_list.wkstations.fulls
NetBackup uses only:
exclude_list.wkstations.fulls |
