NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

The following syntax rules apply to exclude lists:

• Only one pattern per line is allowed.

• NetBackup recognizes standard wildcard use.

  See Wildcard use in NetBackup.

  See NetBackup naming conventions.

• If all files are excluded in the backup selections list, NetBackup backs up only what is specified by full path names in the include list. Files can be excluded by using / or * or by using both symbols together (/*).

• Spaces are considered legal characters. Do not include extra spaces unless they are part of the file name.

  For example, if you want to exclude a file named

  C:\testfile (with no extra space character at the end)

  and your exclude list entry is

  C:\testfile (with an extra space character at the end)

  NetBackup cannot find the file until you delete the extra space from the end of the file name.

• End a file path with \ to exclude only directories with that path name (for example, C:\users\test\). If the pattern does not end in \ (for example, C:\users\test), NetBackup excludes both files and directories with that path name.

• To exclude all files with a given name, regardless of their directory path, enter the name. For example:

  test

  rather than

  C:\test

  This example is equivalent to prefixing the file pattern with

  \

  \*\

  \*\*\

  \*\*\*\

  and so on.

The following syntax rules apply only to UNIX clients:

• Do not use patterns with links in the names. For example, assume /home is a link to /usr/home and /home/doc is in the exclude list. The file is still backed up in this case because the actual directory path, /usr/home/doc, does not match the exclude list entry, /home/doc.

• Blank lines or lines which begin with a pound sign (#) are ignored.