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PowerProtect Data Manager 19.14 File System User Guide

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Apply an exclusion filter to a protection policy

When adding or editing a protection policy, you can apply a predefined exclusion filter to the protection policy. The File Exclusions page of the Add Policy or Edit Policy wizard enables you to select an exclusion filter and apply it to a protection policy.

Prerequisites

An exclusion filter must exist.

About this task

To exclude assets within the protection policy from data protection operations, click File Exclusions when adding a policy.

To apply an exclusion filter to an existing protection policy, complete the following steps:

Steps

  1. Select Protection > Protection Policies.
    The Protection Policy window appears.
  2. Select a protection policy from the list, and then click Edit.
    The Edit Policy page appears.
  3. Click File Exclusions > Edit.
    The File Exculsions page appears.
  4. Toggle the Disabled switch to enable exclusion.
  5. Add a saved filter or build a new filter according to the steps provided in Add an exclusion filter.
  6. Click Next twice, review the details on the Summary page, and click Finish.
    PowerProtect Data Manager applies the exclusion filter to the protection policy.

Results

Once the backup job completes, you can view details about the number of files/folders that are excluded from the protection policy. To view the number of excluded files/folders:
  1. In the PowerProtect Data Manager UI, select Jobs > Protection Jobs and click the Job ID. The Protection Jobs > Job ID: <job ID> page appears.
  2. Click the Details icon. The Step Log and Details pane appear.
  3. Under the Details pane, in the Summary section, you can find the number of files/folders that are excluded.
NOTE: Only the debug logs contain file/folder names that are excluded from the backup.

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