Important Note for Windows Clients: To perform integrated bare metal recovery or Windows instant recovery, boot and critical system volumes must be included in the backup. Do not use selection lists unless you are sure these volumes will be included. See Using selection lists with WIR and integrated BMR for details.
1 Select the backup system in the Navigation pane and click Backup.
2 Click the Selection Lists tab.
3 Click New.
4 Provide the following required information:
• Selection List Name – Enter a unique name for the list. This is a required field.
• Selection List Description – Provide a description for the selection list. This is a required field.
• Select an Operating System Family to denote the client OS family to which this selection list can be associated. Options include Any, Windows, Linux, UNIX, NetWare, OES, iSeries, DOS, OS/2, or Other.
• Assign a Selection List Type – Choose Include to include specified files, Exclude to omit specified files, or Any to be used as either an inclusion or an exclusion list.
5 Check optional boxes as desired:
Field |
Description |
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Exclude System State |
To back up data only and not include OS protection. This option is used to back up data volumes. Warning: It is highly recommended that you include system state in all file-level backups where client aliases are not being used. Restoring a backup that does not include the system state is likely to result in inconsistencies on the client and cause highly undesirable results. Note about excluding system state without checking this box: If you exclude the system state using a selection list and do not check this box, the backup will run with a warning (yellow) indicating that the system state has not been included. If you check this box, no warning is issued. Note about client aliases: If you are backing up an aliased client, see Working with client aliases before deciding whether to include or exclude the system state. Note about Windows Instant Recovery: The system state is required for Windows Instant Recovery (WIR). Backups where system state has been excluded cannot be used for WIR. For more information, see System state backup and restore on Windows Server. Note about integrated bare metal recovery: The system state is required for integrated bare metal recovery. Backups where system state has been excluded cannot be used for integrated bare metal recovery. For more information, see System state backup and restore on Windows Server. |
Temporary Files |
To exclude all temporary files. |
Read Mounts |
To exclude all read-only mounted file systems on UNIX clients, including mounted CD-ROM drives. This option is highly recommended. Otherwise, backup speed may be slower as a result of reading the contents of a mounted CD-ROM. |
Net Mounts |
To exclude all NFS mounted file systems on UNIX clients. It also excludes NFS file systems that are mounted while the backup is in progress. |
All Mounts |
To exclude all file systems other than root (/) on UNIX clients. |
6 Add Selection Patterns as desired to specify the files to include or exclude. See To add selection patterns to an Enterprise selection list for details.
7 Click Save.