Selective backups and include lists

Selective backups must have an associated include selection list. Full, differential, and incremental backups can be run with an exclude list (all clients), with an include list (Windows clients, agent 7.2 or higher), with an include/exclude combination (Windows clients, agent 7.2 or higher), or with no selection list applied. Selection lists are not used for bare metal backups. See the following table for a description of selection list types. For examples, see Using selection lists.

Selection list type

Description

Include

Defines items to include in a file-level backup. Note the following:

     For the selective backup type - Supported for all clients. Include is required for selective backups.

     For full, differential, and incremental backup types - Supported for Windows clients, agent 7.2 or higher.

Exclude

Defines items to omit from a full, differential, or incremental backup.

For selective backups, an include list must be defined. In addition, an exclude list can be applied to define a subset of included files to omit.

See Additional considerations for Linux exclusions if applying exclusions to a Linux client.

Any

On the Enterprise > Backup > Schedule Backup tab, used to include specified files when applied to the Inclusions column or to exclude specified files when applied to the Exclusions column.