Excluding Files from Backup or Replication

Product version: 10.0

Last modified: 13 July 2020

Question

Can certain file types be excluded from a VM backup?

Answer

NAKIVO Backup & Replication backs up and replicates the entire VM disk and does not provide an option to exclude specific file types from backup or replication. You can, nevertheless, exclude an entire virtual disk from a backup or replication job if required. This can be done on the Destination page of backup and replication job wizards. For details, refer to the following topics:

• Backup Job Wizard for VMware: Destination

• Backup Job Wizard for Hyper-V: Destination

• Backup Job Wizard for Nutanix AHV: Destination

• Replication Job Wizard for VMware: Destination

• Replication Job Wizard for Hyper-V: Destination

You can also choose to skip swap files and partitions and unused blocks during job processing. These options can be enabled on the Options page of backup and replication jobs. For details, refer to the following topics:

• Backup Job Wizard for VMware: Options

• Backup Job Wizard for Hyper-V: Options

• Backup Job Wizard for Nutanix AHV: Options

• Replication Job Wizard for VMware: Options

• Replication Job Wizard for Hyper-V: Options