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Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Last Published: 2019-07-01

Product(s): NetBackup (8.2)

Exclude Lists properties

Use the Exclude Lists host properties to create and to modify the exclude lists for Windows clients. An exclude list names the files and directories to be excluded from backups of the selected Windows clients.

For UNIX clients, use the nbgetconfig and nbsetconfig commands to gather and modify the exclude list files from the /usr/openv/netbackup directory on each client. nbgetconfig and nbsetconfig can also be used on a UNIX server to create an exclude list on a Windows client.

See Configuring the exclude list on a Windows client from a UNIX master server.

Figure: Exclude Lists dialog box

Exclude Lists properties apply only to Windows clients.

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 lists:

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 that are set up for a policy or for a policy and schedule are not used to determine if an entire drive is to be excluded when NetBackup determines if a backup job should be started.

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

The Exclude Lists dialog box contains the following properties.

Table: Excludes Lists dialog box properties

Property	Description
Use case sensitive exclude list	Indicates that the files and directories to exclude are case-sensitive.
Exclude lists	Displays the policies that contain schedule, file, and directory exclusions as follows: Add Click to exclude a file from being backed up by a policy. The exclusion is configured in the Add to exclude list dialog box, then added to the Exclude list. When the policies in this list are run, the files and directories that are specified on the list are not backed up. Add to all When multiple Windows clients are selected, click Add to all to add the selected list item to the Exclude list for all selected clients. Add to all is enabled only when multiple Windows clients are selected for configuration. Remove Click to remove the selected policy, schedule, or file from the Exclude list.
Exceptions to exclude list	Displays the policies, schedules, files, and directories that are excepted from the Exclude list. When the policies on the Exceptions to the exclude list run, the files and directories on the list are backed up if they were part of the original file list and were subsequently excluded. The list is useful to exclude all files in a directory but one. 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 will back up any occurrences of fum (file or directory) that occur within /foo/bar. Options include the following: Add Click to create an exception to the Exclude list. The exception is configured in the Add exceptions to exclude list dialog box, then added to the Exceptions to the exclude list. When the policies on the Exceptions to the exclude list run, the items on the exceptions list are backed up (if they were part of the original file list and subsequently excluded). Effectively, you add files back into the backup list of a policy. Add to all When multiple Windows clients are selected, click Add to all to add the selected list item to the Exceptions to the exclude list for all selected clients. When the policies on the exclude list run, the items on the exceptions list are backed up on all selected clients. Remove Click to remove the selected policy, schedule, or file from the Exceptions list. After the item is removed from the Exclude list, the item is excluded from the backup.

Property

Description

Use case sensitive exclude list

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

Exclude lists

Displays the policies that contain schedule, file, and directory exclusions as follows:

Add
Click to exclude a file from being backed up by a policy. The exclusion is configured in the Add to exclude list dialog box, then added to the Exclude list. When the policies in this list are run, the files and directories that are specified on the list are not backed up.
Add to all
When multiple Windows clients are selected, click Add to all to add the selected list item to the Exclude list for all selected clients. Add to all is enabled only when multiple Windows clients are selected for configuration.
Remove
Click to remove the selected policy, schedule, or file from the Exclude list.

Exceptions to exclude list

Displays the policies, schedules, files, and directories that are excepted from the Exclude list. When the policies on the Exceptions to the exclude list run, the files and directories on the list are backed up if they were part of the original file list and were subsequently excluded. The list is useful to exclude all files in a directory but one.

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 will back up any occurrences of fum (file or directory) that occur within /foo/bar.

Options include the following:

Add
Click to create an exception to the Exclude list. The exception is configured in the Add exceptions to exclude list dialog box, then added to the Exceptions to the exclude list.
When the policies on the Exceptions to the exclude list run, the items on the exceptions list are backed up (if they were part of the original file list and subsequently excluded). Effectively, you add files back into the backup list of a policy.
Add to all
When multiple Windows clients are selected, click Add to all to add the selected list item to the Exceptions to the exclude list for all selected clients. When the policies on the exclude list run, the items on the exceptions list are backed up on all selected clients.
Remove
Click to remove the selected policy, schedule, or file from the Exceptions list. After the item is removed from the Exclude list, the item is excluded from the backup.