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This option is effective only for files and folders that are stored on the following file systems:

 FAT

 NTFS

 Ext3

 Ext4

Regardless of the file system, this option is not effective for volumes that are managed by Linux

Logical Volume Manager (LVM), also known as logical volumes; and for multiple-disk (MD) devices,

also known as Linux Software RAID.

How to specify criteria

You can use the following criteria:

 The full path to a file or folder, starting with the drive letter (when backing up Windows) or the

root directory (when backing up Linux).

Both in Windows and Linux, you can use a forward slash in the file or folder path (for example:

C:/Temp and C:/Temp/File.tmp). In Windows, you can also use the traditional backslash (for

example: C:\Temp and C:\Temp\File.tmp).

 The name of a file or folder; for example: Document.txt. All files and folders with that name will

be excluded.

Separate multiple criteria with a semicolon (;).

The criteria are not case-sensitive. For example, if you choose to exclude all .tmp files and the

C:\Temp folder, also excluded will be all .Tmp files, all .TMP files, and the C:\TEMP folder.

Wildcard characters

You can use one or more wildcard characters * and ? in a criterion. These characters can be used

within the full path and in the file or folder name.

The asterisk (*) substitutes for zero or more characters in a file name. For example, the criterion

Doc*.txt covers files such as Doc.txt and Document.txt.

The question mark (?) substitutes for exactly one character in a file name. For example, the criterion

Doc?.txt covers files such as Doc1.txt and Docs.txt, but not the files Doc.txt or Doc11.txt.

VSS

Specify whether to use Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) during backup.

This option is effective only for machines where VMware Tools is installed (p. 3).

This option ensures that the file system will be backed up in a consistent state. For machines running

Windows, this option also ensures the consistent state of all data that is used by VSS-aware

applications, such as by Microsoft SQL Server.

Without this option, the backup process is faster, but data consistency cannot be guaranteed.

1.6.2 Editing a backup plan

Important: The changes you make to a backup plan affect all virtual machines to which the backup plan is

applied, both your machines and other users' machines.