How to add exclusions in N-able Backup

Last Modified

Fri Apr 29 10:16 GMT 2022

Description

  • How to add exclusions in Backup Manager
  • How to use Backup Filters
  • How to filter files and directories from backups

Environment

  • Cove Data Protection

  • N-able RMM

    • Backup & Recovery
  • N-able N-central
    • N-able Backup

Solution

  1. Open the Backup Manager via localhost:5000 in a browser.
  2. Select Preferences > Backup Filters
  3. Select common file types or by entering a volume, path, directory and/or filename combined with common wildcard expressions:
    • a* - excludes all files starting with the letter "a"
    • *.mp3 - excludes all files with the .mp3 extension
    • C:\Data\*.* - excludes all files in the C:\Data\ path
    • C:\Data\*.mp3 - excludes all files in the C:\Data\ path, with the .mp3 extension
    • C:\Data\*.m?? - excludes all files in the C:\Data\ path, with a three character string starting with .m and ending with any two other characters, such as (.mob, .mp3, .mov, .mpg, etc.)
  • The asterisk wildcard is not supported for folders at the moment. C:/folder/*/folder/... is not currently supported. We have a feature request for this already but there is currently no ETA for release.