Specifying Directories to Back Up
The Objects step of the wizard is available if you have chosen to create a file-level backup.
At this step of the wizard, you must specify the backup scope by defining what directories with files you want to include in the backup. The specified backup scope settings will apply to all computers that are added to the backup job. If a specified directory does not exist on one or more computers in the job, the job will skip such folder on those computers and back up existing ones.
To specify directories to back up:
- In the Choose directories to backup field, click Add.
- In the Add Object window, type the path to a directory that you want to back up, for example, /home/user01, and click OK.
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Consider the following about adding objects to the backup scope:
To back up all nested mount points, including network file systems such as mounted NFS or SMB network shared folders, you must specify each mount point individually (for example: /, /home, /var, and so on). For example, to back up a network shared folder mounted to /home/media, adding / or /home to the backup scope will not be sufficient — you must specify the /home/media directory.
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- Repeat steps 1–2 for all directories that you want to back up.
Configuring Filters
To include or exclude files of a specific type in/from the file-level backup, you can configure filters.
To configure a filter:
- At the Objects step of the wizard, click Advanced.
- Specify what files you want to back up:
- In the Include masks field, you can specify names and masks for files or file types you want to back up — for example, Report.pdf or *filename*. Veeam Agent will back up only the files or file types specified in the include masks. Other files in the backup scope will not be backed up.
- In the Exclude masks field, you can specify paths to directories, as well as names and masks for files or file types, you do not want to back up — for example, /home/user01, OldReports.tar.gz or *.odt. Veeam Agent will back up all files in the backup scope except files that match the criteria defined in the exclude masks.
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Consider the following when excluding directories:
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- Click Add.
- Repeat steps 2–3 for each mask that you want to add.
You can use a combination of include and exclude masks. Note that exclude masks have a higher priority than include masks. For example, you can specify masks in the following way:
- Include mask: *.pdf
- Exclude mask: *draft*
Veeam Agent for Linux will include in the backup all files of the PDF format that do not contain draft in their names.
