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Excluding Files and Directories Per Individual Accounts

Exclude files and/or directories for specific account(s) per backup job, will not backup those files/directories for the account in a specific backup job.

In order to exclude directories/files for specific user, create new file USERNAME_JOBID.exclude in the path below:

For JetBackup 4.0 and above:

/usr/local/jetapps/usr/jetbackup/exclude

The file name should be in this pattern:

USERNAME_JOBID.exclude
  • USERNAME is the name of the user that you want the files to be exclude from.
  • JOBID the backup job id that you want the files to be exclude from.

Visit Exclude Files and Directories for syntax examples.