Add/Modify an Exclusion for the Exclusions List
Before You Begin
- Review Global Filters.
- Do not change the Global Filter for subclients that have a data protection operation in progress.
- Performing a full backup after changing Global Filters is recommended.
- When you change a Global Filter, the change is effective the next time a data protection operation is run on the applicable subclients.
Required Capability: Capabilities and Permitted Actions
To add
or modify an exclusion to the exclusions list:
- From the CommCell Browser, right-click the CommServe, click Control Panel, and then click Global Filters.
- From the Global Filters
window, select the appropriate agent option from the Global Filter
Category windowpane for the exclusions list you want to define.
- For File System iDataAgents,
perform one of the following actions:
- To add a file or folder that will be excluded from backups, click Browse and select the desired path.
Click OK.
- To add a file, folder or pattern that will be excluded from backups, click Add,
and in the Enter Path dialog box, type the complete path (including
drive letter) of the file, folder, or wildcard pattern that you want to
exclude. Click OK.
- To modify an existing filter entry, select the entry in the display
pane, then click Modify. In the Enter Path dialog box, type in
your modification to the complete path (including drive letter) of the
file, folder, or wildcard pattern that you want to exclude. Click OK.
See Wildcards
for a list of supported wildcards for File System
iDataAgents. Repeat this step if you want to
add or modify more files and/or folders for the filter.
- For Exchange Mailbox-based agents, perform one of the following
actions:
- To add a mailbox folder that will be excluded from data
protection operations, on the Exclude Folder tab, click Add,
and in the Enter Folder Name (or Enter Path) dialog box, type in the
mailbox folder path that you want to exclude. Click OK.
- To add a mailbox folder pattern that will be excluded from data
protection operations, click the Exclude Folder Patterns tab, click Add,
and in the Enter Folder Name (or Enter Path) dialog box, type in the
wildcard pattern of the mailbox folders that you want to exclude. Click
OK.
- To modify an existing filter entry on either the Exclude Folder
tab or Exclude Folder Patterns tab, select the entry in the display
pane and click Modify. In the Enter Folder Name (or Enter Path) dialog box, type in
your modification to the mailbox folder name or wildcard pattern that you want to exclude.
Click OK.
See Wildcards for a list of supported wildcards
for Exchange Mailbox-based agents. Repeat this step to add or modify more mailbox folders and/or wildcard patterns
for the filter.
- If applicable, you can select the Use CommNet Global Filter checkbox
to have CommNet Global Filter exclusions applied to this CommCell.
- To save your changes to the global filter, click OK.