Enterprise selection list procedures

To create a selection list

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Select the backup system in the Navigation pane and click Backup.

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Click the Selection Lists tab.

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Click New.

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Provide the following required information:

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Selection List Name – Enter a unique name for the list. This is a required field.

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Selection List Description – Provide a description for the selection list. This is a required field.

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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.

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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.

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Check optional boxes as desired:

Field

Description

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. If not checked, 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.

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.

Notes:

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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.

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If you are backing up an aliased client, see Working with client aliases before deciding whether to include or exclude the system state.

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For Windows clients - The system state is required for backups you wish to use for Windows Instant Recovery (WIR) or integrated bare metal recovery (BMR). For more information, see System state backup and restore on Windows Server.

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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.

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Click Save.

To view or modify a selection list

1

Select the backup system in the Navigation pane and click Backup.

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Click the Selection Lists tab to view the selection list.

Note: If you see the screen that allows you to create a selection instead of the selection list, click Cancel and the selection list displays.

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Select the desired list and click View/Modify.

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Modify information as desired and click Save. See To create a selection list for details.

To delete a selection list

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Select the backup system in the Navigation pane and click Backup.

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Click the Selection Lists tab.

Note: If you see the screen that allows you to create a selection instead of the selection list, click Cancel and the selection list displays.

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Select the desired list and click Delete.

Note: If a message displays indicating that this list is being used by one or more schedules, you must first remove the list from all schedules before deleting. Click the clock icon to see the schedules referencing this list.

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Click Yes to confirm the deletion.

To see all schedules referencing a selection list

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Select the backup system in the Navigation pane and click Backup.

2

Click the Selection Lists tab.

Note: If you see the screen that allows you to create a selection instead of the selection list, click Cancel and the selection list displays.

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Select the desired list and click View/Modify.

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Click the clock icon to the right of the Selection List Name. A list of all schedules referencing this selection list displays.

To add selection patterns to an Enterprise selection list

Note: Selection patterns are not supported for includes that are applied to Windows or Linux full, differential, and incremental backups.

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View the desired selection list. For details, see To view or modify a selection list.

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Enter the desired Selection Pattern and click Add to move it to the Selection List box.

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For include selection lists, files matching the defined pattern are the only ones included in the backup. Patterns can be used for the selective backup type only. See Using wildcards in Enterprise selection lists for details.

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For exclude selection lists, files matching the defined pattern are excluded from the backup.

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For excludes, wildcard symbols may be used in the selection pattern for most clients. (Wildcards are not supported for Linux, Unix, and CIFS/NFS NAS clients.) The * can be used to designate a group of unknown characters and the ? can be used for a single character substitution. For example, to add all .pst files to the list, type *.pst in the Selection Pattern box and click Add. See Using wildcards in Enterprise selection lists for details.

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Click Save.

To remove selection patterns from an Enterprise selection list

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View the desired selection list. For details, see To view or modify a selection list.

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Select the desired pattern in the Selection List box click Remove.

To remove all patterns, click Remove All.

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Click Save.