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Symantec suggests that you always specify automounted directories and CD-ROM file systems in the exclude list. Otherwise, if the directories are not mounted at the time of a backup, NetBackup must wait for a timeout.
The following syntax rules apply to exclude lists:
Spaces are considered legal characters. Do not include extra spaces unless they are part of the file name.
For example, if you want to exclude a file named
C:\testfile (with no extra space character at the end)
and your exclude list entry is
C:\testfile (with an extra space character at the end)
NetBackup cannot find the file until you delete the extra space from the end of the file name.
End a file path with \ to exclude only directories with that path name (for example, C:\users\test\). If the pattern does not end in \ (for example, C:\users\test), NetBackup excludes both files and directories with that path name.
To exclude all files with a given name, regardless of their directory path, enter the name. For example:
This example is equivalent to prefixing the file pattern with
The following syntax rules apply only to UNIX clients:
Do not use patterns with links in the names. For example, assume /home is a link to /usr/home and /home/doc is in the exclude list. The file is still backed up in this case because the actual directory path, /usr/home/doc, does not match the exclude list entry, /home/doc.
Blank lines or lines which begin with a pound sign (#) are ignored.