Managing Backup Policies (Classes)
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• Upper and lower case letters in the pathname must match those in the
actual pathname on the client. The only exception is the drive letter, which
can be either upper or lower case.
c:\Worklists\Admin\
• You can use the same wildcard characters as in Windows NT pathnames:
*
?
The following backs up all files ending with .doc
c:\Users\*.doc
The following backs up all files named
log01_97
,
log02_97
, and so on.
c:\system\log??_97
• To back up all local drives except for those that are removable specify:
:\ or *:\
The drives that are not backed up include: floppy disks, CD-ROMs and
drives that are located on remote systems but mounted on your system
through the network.
The following is an example file list that uses the Windows NT, 98, and 95
conventions:
c:\
d:\workfiles\
e:\Special\status
c:\tests\*.exe
Windows NT Disk-Image Backup
On Windows NT clients, you can back up a logical disk drive as a disk image.
That is, NetBackup backs up the entire logical drive on a bit-by-bit basis rather
than by directories and files.
To specify a disk-image backup, add the logical name for the drive to the class
file list as shown in the following example:
/\\.\c:
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
NetBackup 3.2 System Administrator's Guide for Windows NT
