Inclusion and exclusion list combinations for Linux clients

Beginning with version 8.0, combinations of inclusion and exclusion lists are supported for full, incremental, and differential backups of Linux clients. Wildcards are not supported. 

Both the Unitrends appliance and the Linux agent must be version 8.0 or higher, and the selection lists applied to the full backup must also be applied to all subsequent incremental and differential backups. For full, differential, and incremental backups, you can select includes and then specify excludes at either the Enterprise or client level. For selective backups, you can select includes and then specify excludes at the Enterprise level only.

The following topics describe Linux inclusion and exclusion lists used together:

     Linux full backup with an inclusion and exclusion list combination

     When to use inclusion and exclusion list combinations

     To specify includes and excludes for Linux clients

Linux full backup with an inclusion and exclusion list combination

When running an on-demand backup or creating a backup schedule for Windows or Linux clients, you can specify the files to include and then choose a subset of selected files to exclude. If you create both an inclusion list and an exclusion list, the inclusion list is applied first. The exclusion list is then applied to define a subset of included files to omit.

In the graphic below, the inclusion list determines that the /usr/docs drive should be included, and then the exclusion list is used to exclude a subset of the included files: F1.tmp and F2.tmp.

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When to use inclusion and exclusion list combinations

Example uses for inclusion and exclusion list combinations for Linux full, differential, and incremental backups include:

     Include a training folder that contains training videos, then exclude all Word and PowerPoint files within the folder. For example, the training department is updating all of their training videos due to new requirements, and they want to back up all of their video-related files except for companion Word and PowerPoint documents.

     Include a particular volume, then exclude a folder within that volume. For example, you want to backup your /usr/docs drive, but you want to exclude the /usr/docs/Status Reports folder.

To specify includes and excludes for Linux clients

1        Create an inclusion list for the Linux client.

     To create the list at the client level, see To specify includes for full, differential, and incremental backups of Linux clients.

     To create the list at the Enterprise level, see To create a selection list.

2        Create an exclusion list for the same Linux client.

     To create the list at the client level, see To specify excludes.

     To create the list at the Enterprise level, see To create a selection list.