File and Folder Exclusions and Wildcard Excludes

Intronis’ Online Backup + Recovery solution allows for you or your clients to select multiple files and folders both on the local server, and across the network. However, sometimes it’s useful to limit what can be backed up, whether you are managing the data selected for your clients, or they are using the monitor to select data themselves. It is in these situations that our File and Folder Exclusions and Wildcard Excludes become a very useful tool.

Both of the Exclusion options are located in the File System Settings of the monitor’s Preferences section. The File and Folder Exclusions allows you to block certain folders from being backed up or even selected in any files and folders backup set. The Wildcard Excludes section lets you set wildcard or regular expression rules to prevent certain file types from being backed up across all files and folders backup sets. For example: you have selected all folders on the server that need to be backed up, but want to ensure that no music files saved in these folders are backed up. Inputting *.mp3 and *.wma can help you make certain that no unnecessary files are backed up.

The Exclusion options in the backup monitor are a fantastic way to ensure that only your client’s critical data is selected, and that they are backing up efficiently, saving you time and support, and keeping them your clients happy and protected.