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Step 4. Exclude Objects from Backup Job

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    After you have added VMs and VM containers to the job, you can specify which objects you want to exclude from the backup. You can exclude the following types of objects:

    To exclude VMs from a VM container:

    1. At the Virtual Machines step of the wizard, click Exclusions.
    2. Click the VMs tab.
    3. Click Add.
    4. Use the toolbar at the top right corner of the window to switch between views: Hosts and Clusters, Hosts and Volumes or Tags.
    5. In the displayed tree, select the object and click Add. Use the Show full hierarchy check box to display the hierarchy of all Microsoft Hyper-V Servers added to the backup infrastructure.
    6. Click OK.

    Step 4. Exclude Objects from Backup Job 

    To exclude VM disks:

    1. At the Virtual Machines step of the wizard, click Exclusions.
    2. Click the Disks tab.
    3. Select the VM in the list and click Edit. If you want to exclude disks of a VM added as a part of the container, click Add to include the VM in the list as a standalone object.
    4. Choose disks that you want to back up. You can choose to process all disks, 0:0 disks (typically, system disks) or add to the list custom IDE or SCSI disks.

    Step 4. Exclude Objects from Backup Job