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NetBackup™ for Cloud Object Store Administrator's Guide

Empty directories are not backed up in Azure Data Lake

Explanation

Occurs when you add an empty directory or a leaf level directory without any contents, to a policy's query filter. During backup that empty directory is not backed up.

Workaround

Select the Include all files/directories in the selected buckets/containers option to backup the empty directories.

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