Using selection lists with full, differential, and incremental backups

To specify which data a client’s backup groups will include (Windows only) or exclude, apply selection lists to full, differential, and incremental backups. If no inclusion or exclusion is specified, a full backup includes all client files. It is important that your subsequent incremental or differential backups use the same selection lists so that data across all backups in the group is consistent throughout. When creating a schedule, the same lists are applied to all scheduled backups automatically. For recommendations about using selection lists, see When to use a selection list. For Windows clients, see Using selection lists with WIR and integrated BMR.

Using selection lists with WIR and integrated BMR

To use Windows backups for Windows instant recovery (WIR) and Integrated bare metal recovery (BMR), the boot disk and any critical system volumes must be present in the backup. For example, you should not exclude Windows, boot, program, or system volume folders. If you are not sure which volumes you can exclude, either run the backups without applying selection lists or apply selection lists and check to see if the resulting backup contains all critical system volumes.

To verify that a Windows backup contains required critical system volumes

1        View backup details, as described in Backup Information page.

2        Verify that for the Category DiskMetadata, the Entry is Yes.

If the Entry is Yes, then the backup contains critical system volumes and you can use it for WIR and integrated BMR. If the Entry is No, then the backup does not contain critical system volumes.

3        If your backups do not contain required critical system volumes, then you must run new file-level backups that capture these volumes if you want to protect the Windows client using WIR and integrated BMR.