I've been researching posts similar to Re: Avamar - Windows - File-level exclusions and VSS,but I'm not 100% sure I grasp the nuances.

I'm running Avamar 7.0 and taking System State backups of Windows 2008 R2 and 2012 R2 servers, using the VSS plug-in.  Most of my backups complete with exceptions, due to open files.  I put in exclusions to the dataset, but the above post mentions the VSS plugin ignores exclusions.  However, I see system excludes in the VSS plugin logs of every backup!

Do I just ignore the errors, day after day, or is there a way to add my open-file exclusions to my System State backup dataset?

Thanks!

Karl