Automatic and Recommended Backup Exclusions
Backing up extraneous, redundant, or non-essential files, such as temporary files, causes unnecessarily high data change rates and excessive use of network bandwidth, which can negatively affect backup operations.
The LiveVault agent automatically excludes many directories that contain
these types of files. Automatic backup exclusions are
marked in LiveVault Web Portal with the "Excluded" icon
. These
exclusions cannot be changed in LiveVault Web Portal. However, exclusions
that you create manually are not marked with the Excluded icon in
LiveVault Web Portal.
In addition, some files and directories are not automatically excluded, but you might want to manually exclude them. Consider excluding files that are not business-critical and will not need to be restored in the event of data loss.
Windows Exclusions
The following list specifies files and directories that are excluded from backup under Windows. This list is not all-inclusive. For specific applications or platforms you may need to excluded additional files or directories from backup.
Exclusion | Notes |
---|---|
General System Exclusions | |
DHCP jet database (backup copy) | see DHCP Jet Database |
Files and objects that Microsoft and other application development companies have specified should be excluded from backup | see Objects Specified in the FilesNotToBackup Registry Key |
Hardware abstraction layer (hal.dll ) for Windows |
|
FAT32 volumes | Windows VSS snapshots do not support FAT32 volumes |
LiveVault catalog files | |
Microsoft File Replication Service (FRS) Import directory | see Microsoft File Replication Service (FRS) |
Microsoft Indexing Service catalogs | see Microsoft Indexing Service |
Microsoft Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) repository temporary files | see Microsoft Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) |
NTFS tracking log from each NTFS volume |
see NTFS Tracking Log |
Paging files (pagefile.sys) |
|
Print spool | see Print Spools |
Recycle bin | see Recycle Bin |
SMTP Mailroot folder | see SMTP Mailroot Folder |
Temporary folders | see Temporary Folders |
Temporary files in the root directory | see Temporary Files in the Root Directory |
Temporary Internet file directories | see Temporary Internet Files |
Windows Installer temporary directory and subdirectories | see Windows Installer |
Files backed up by other Backup products | see Third-party file backups |
Application-Specific Exclusions | |
CIFS shares ~snapshot directory and subdirectories |
|
CA BrightStor ARCserve job queue and temporary files | see CA BrightStor ARCserve |
Executive Software Undelete RecoveryBin directory and its subdirectories | see Executive Software Undelete |
Microsoft Exchange 4 and 5 Internet Mail Service directory and its subdirectories (contains for example, temporary storage directories for incoming and outgoing mail, and queues) | see Microsoft Exchange: Exclusions |
Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003/2007 full-text indexes | (Up to six automatic exclusions; others must be manually excluded); see Microsoft Exchange: Exclusions |
Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003/2007 virtual server instance directories | see Microsoft Exchange: Exclusions |
Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0 certain files | see Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) |
*:\PROT_INS.SYS file used by the PointSec for PCs encryption software |
see Pointsec for PCs |
VERITAS Backup Exec catalogs and internal data directory | see Veritas Backup Exec |
Antivirus Application-Specific Exclusions | |
CA InoculateIT/eTrust Antivirus 6.0 scan engine logs, incoming directory, temporary files, outgoing directory, move "quarantine" directory | see InoculateIT and eTrust Antivirus |
NetShield 2000 Activity log | see NetShield |
NetShield temporary directory | see NetShield |
Network Associates ePolicy Orchestrator certain files | some files/directories, one not automatically excluded; see ePolicy Orchestrator |
Norton Antivirus for Microsoft Exchange and Symantec Antivirus/Filtering for Microsoft Exchange 2000 temporary directories | see Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange and Symantec AntiVirus/Filtering for Microsoft Exchange 2000 |
Praetor for Microsoft Exchange in, out and quarantine directories | see Praetor for Microsoft Exchange |
Sophos Antivirus temporary directories, auto update cache, and customer emails | see Sophos Anti-Virus |
Sophos MailMonitor for Exchange temporary and quarantine directories | not automatically excluded; see Sophos MailMonitor for Exchange |
Symantec Shared application virus definition files directory | see Symantec Shared Application Files |
Trend Micro ServerProtect temporary and virus directories | see Trend Micro ServerProtect |
Trend Micro Virus Control System agent temporary directory | see Trend Micro Virus Control System Agent |
Linux Exclusions
The following list specifies the directories that are automatically excluded from backup under Linux.
Directory | Operating System |
---|---|
/boot
|
Linux |
/dev
|
Linux |
/media
|
Linux |
/proc
|
Linux |
/tmp
|
Linux |
other temporary folders | see Temporary Folders |
If you have questions regarding any backup exclusions, contact Customer Service for assistance.