Symptoms

When adding multiple "[avndmp]exclude-list value /ifs/" entries under the dataset "More options" free form, only takes one entry.

Cause

Unknown.

Resolution

Workaround: Create an avndmp.cmd file under the client directory on the NDMP accelerator "/usr/local/avamar/var//" and add the following flag(s) below: For directories: --exclude-list=/ifs// --exclude-list=/ifs// For files: --exclude-list=/ifs//*. or --exclude-list=/ifs//.* Note: Add one line for each exclusion Add the exclusion(s) in the dataset's "Exclusions" tab: For directories: /ifs// /ifs// For files: /ifs//*. or /ifs//.* Sample dataset settings: Multiple folder exclusions: admin@LAB-EMC-01:~/>: mccli dataset show --name=/TEST_ISI_DIR_EXCLUSIONS 0,23000,CLI command completed successfully. Attribute Value ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Name TEST_ISI_DIR_EXCLUSIONS ID 1620331165570 Domain / Type backup Built-in false ALLDATA false Num Targets 1 EMC Isilon via NDMP Target /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/ EMC Isilon via NDMP Target ID 14003 Num Includes 0 Num Excludes 3 EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/FOLDER01 EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/FOLDER02 EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/FOLDER03 Num Flags 7 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=[avtar]ddr-encrypt-strength:value=default EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=checkbox:name=ddr:value=false EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=ddr-index:value=0 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=password:name=filerbrowsepswd:value=***** EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=string:name=filerbrowseuser:value=av-browse-admin EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=max-streams:value=4 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=mode:value=try-incremental Is Link false File exclusions: admin@LAB-EMC-01:~/>: mccli dataset show --name=/TEST_ISI_FILE_EXCLUSIONS 0,23000,CLI command completed successfully. Attribute Value ----------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Name TEST_ISI_FILE_EXCLUSIONS ID 1620331165570 Domain / Type backup Built-in false ALLDATA false Num Targets 1 EMC Isilon via NDMP Target /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/ EMC Isilon via NDMP Target ID 14003 Num Includes 0 Num Excludes 3 EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/*.txt EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/*.log EMC Isilon via NDMP Exclude /ifs/TOP_FOLDER/*.dmp Num Flags 7 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=[avtar]ddr-encrypt-strength:value=default EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=checkbox:name=ddr:value=false EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=ddr-index:value=0 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=password:name=filerbrowsepswd:value=***** EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=string:name=filerbrowseuser:value=av-browse-admin EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=max-streams:value=4 EMC Isilon via NDMP Flag type=pulldown:name=mode:value=try-incremental Is Link false Caveats: Initial Level0 full backup with exclusions may affect performance. This is because for each file processed during the backup, each file is matched against the exclusions list. This behavior is evident specially with larger NDMP backups. Whenever a change on the exclusions list is applied, a new Level0 full backup is needed.

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