The following file types/objects are automatically filtered out of archive
operations by the system, and will not be archived.
Sparse files (Example: File Archiver stub files)
Install directory
Job Results directory
Log files directory
/usr system directory
/kernel system directory
/etc system directory
/tmp directory
Extended attributes in the OES Linux data
Stubs originating from the OES Linux Operating System in a Netware
Operating System
Files with extensions *.a, *.ksh, *.csh, *.sh, *.lib, and *.so are automatically
filtered out of subclient content by default. Similarly, files in the following
directories are also skipped from archiving on all Unix platforms.
/usr/**
/bin/**
/lib/**
/boot/**
/dev/**
/etc/**
/var/**
/tmp/**
/sbin/**
/lib64/**
/opt/**
/sys/**
/kernel/**
/devices/**
/proc/**
/selinux/**
/stand/**
In addition to the above, there are also platform specific files that are automatically
filtered from archiving.
The following section provides step-by-step instructions for performing your
first backup.
The default subclient has the root directory as the subclient content. Therefore
a backup and archive job run on the default subclient results in backing up the
entire root directory. In order to run a backup and archive of selective data files,
run the backup on an user defined subclient with specific content.
1.
From the CommCell Console, navigate to Client Computers |
File System | defaultBackupSet.
Right-click the Subclient and click Backup.
2.
Select Full as backup type and Immediate to run the
job immediately.
Click OK.
3.
You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller
or Event Viewer window of the CommCell console.
4.
Once the backup process is completed, archiving rules are
applied per volume (mount point) level and files that meet the stubbing
rules are stubbed.
Stubs are placeholders of the original data after it has
been migrated to the secondary storage.
Stubs replace the backed up files in the location selected by the
user during backup.
After stubbing, the block size of the files on the disk reduces
to a single block.
Files before stubbing
Files after stubbing
5.
Once job is complete, view the details of job from the
Backup History.
Right-click the subclient and select Backup History.
Click OK.
6.
Right-click the job and select View Stub File List to see
the files that got stubbed during the backup process.
By default, files that satisfy the following criteria will be stubbed when
a backup is run:
Archiving starts when the free space on the volume goes below 50%.
Archiving stops when 80% of the volume space is freed up.
Files not accessed for 90 days or more will be archived.
Files not modified in the last 90 days will be archived.