When you exclude files and directories from a backup selection for an EMC Celerra Server or a NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu appliance, you must use patterns. You should enter patterns carefully to ensure that you exclude the correct files and directories. Backup Exec does not verify the validity of exclude patterns. If you enter an invalid pattern, the pattern is ignored and therefore the files or directories are not excluded.

For details about how to use patterns, see your NDMP vendor's documentation.

The following example shows a pattern to exclude files and directories from a backup selection for a NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu appliance:

To exclude directories for an EMC Celerra Server, do not include the name of the EMC Celerra Server or the name of the file system in the pattern. The names of the NDMP server and the file system are already included in the File system text box. If you repeat the name of the NDMP server and the file system in the Directory pattern, the EMC Celerra Server ignores the exclusion. Type the path from the root directory to the directory that you want to exclude. Do not include an initial forward slash ( / ).

Figure: Excluding EMC directories

The following example shows a pattern to exclude directories from a backup selection for an EMC Celerra Server:

The following example shows a pattern to exclude files from a backup selection for an EMC Celerra Server:

See Excluding directories and files from a NetApp/IBM/Fujitsu backup selection

See Excluding directories and files from an EMC backup selection