Protected drives

All files that meet the include and exclude specifications, and that appear to IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Workstations as internal drives, are protected.

In some cases, an external USB drive looks like an internal drive, and IBM Spectrum Protect for Workstations tries to protect the files on that drive. If you do not want to protect that drive, add the drive letter to the exclusion list so that all files on the USB drive are excluded from protection. For example, if your E: drive is a USB drive, add E:\ to the list of excluded items.