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To perform backup, you must specify the backup scope — select what directories to back up. In terms of Veeam Backup Console, a list of directories to back up is a backup selection. Information about the backup selection is stored in the backup script.
By default, Veeam Agent for IBM AIX is set up to back up the entire file system of your machine. The default backup selection is defined in the /etc/veeam/scripts/veeam.scp script. You can change the default backup selection or define another backup selection and save it to a separate backup script.
As a part of the backup selection setup process, you can perform the following operations: