How Can I Control Which Files Will Be Backed Up?

The appliance offers the following options for controlling the scope of backup operations:

• Selecting entire folders for backup

  When you select an entire folder for backup, all of the folders in it are automatically selected for backup.

• Selecting specific file types for inclusion in or exclusion from backup, by using backup sets

  A backup set represents a group of files of a certain type and/or located in certain folders, which should either be included in or excluded from backup operations. For more information on backup sets, see Working with Backup Sets.

These options can be used in conjunction.

When all options are used, the appliance determines the final set of files to include in a backup operation, by performing the following checks for each file:

1. Checks whether the file is contained in an excluded set. If so, the file is skipped.
2. Checks whether the file is contained in an included set. If so, the file is backed up.
3. Checks whether the file is contained in a folder that was selected for backup in the folder selection page. If so, the file is backed up.