Exclude list properties

To access this setting, in the web UI select Hosts > Host properties. Select the Windows client. If necessary click Connect, then click Edit client. Click Windows client > Exclude list.

Use the Exclude list host properties to create and to modify the exclude list for a Windows client . An exclude list names the files and directories to be excluded from backups.

For information about creating exclude lists for UNIX clients, see the following topic:

See About excluding files from automatic backups.

If more than one exclude or include list exists for a client, NetBackup uses only the most specific one.

For example, assume that a client has the following exclude list:

An exclude list for a policy and schedule.
An exclude list for a policy.
An exclude list for the entire client. This list does not specify a policy or schedule.

In this example, NetBackup uses the first exclude list (for policy and schedule) because it is the most specific.

Exclude and include lists do not determine if an entire drive is excluded when NetBackup determines if a backup job should start.

Normally, a problem does not occur. However, if a policy uses multistreaming and a drive or a mount point is excluded, that job reports an error status when it completes. To avoid the situation, do not use the policy or the policy and the schedule lists to exclude an entire volume.

The Exclude list host properties contain the following settings.

Table: Exclude list properties

Property	Description
Exclude list	Displays the excluded files and directories and the policies and schedules that they apply to. See Add an entry to an exclude list.
Use case-sensitive exclude list	Indicates that the files and directories to exclude are case-sensitive.
Exceptions to the exclude list	Displays any exceptions to the exclude list and the policies and schedules that they apply to. When the policies in this list run, the files and directories in the Exceptions to the exclude list are backed up. Adding an exception can be useful to exclude all files in a directory except one file. See Add an exception to the exclude list. For example, if the file list of items to back up contains /foo, and the exclude list contains /foo/bar, adding /fum to the exceptions list does not back up the /fum directory. However, adding fum to the exceptions list backs up any occurrences of fum (file or directory) that occur within /foo/bar.

Property

Description

Exclude list

Displays the excluded files and directories and the policies and schedules that they apply to.

See Add an entry to an exclude list.

Use case-sensitive exclude list

Indicates that the files and directories to exclude are case-sensitive.

Exceptions to the exclude list

Displays any exceptions to the exclude list and the policies and schedules that they apply to. When the policies in this list run, the files and directories in the Exceptions to the exclude list are backed up. Adding an exception can be useful to exclude all files in a directory except one file.

See Add an exception to the exclude list.

For example, if the file list of items to back up contains /foo, and the exclude list contains /foo/bar, adding /fum to the exceptions list does not back up the /fum directory. However, adding fum to the exceptions list backs up any occurrences of fum (file or directory) that occur within /foo/bar.

Exclude list properties

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