Automatic exclusion of SQL data during file-level backups

During file-level backups of a Windows client hosting a SQL server, the following inclusion and exclusions apply:

     The following extensions are excluded if the SQL VSS component is running on the Windows client, .mdf, .ldf, and *.ndf.

Note: If the VSS component is not running, then these files are included.

     Files in SQL database/log directories are excluded.

To protect SQL data automatically excluded from file-level backups, use the procedures described in Executing SQL backups.