Exclude and include files for data deduplication

You can choose to exclude or include backup or archive files for data deduplication.

Exclude files from data deduplication

To exclude files from data deduplication processing, follow these steps:

Set the exclude.dedup option for the objects to exclude.
For example, to exclude all dedup data for UNIX systems, set:
```
  exclude.dedup /.../*
```
To exclude all dedup data for Windows systems, set:
```
  exclude.dedup *\...\*
```

Important: If an object is sent to a data deduplication pool, data deduplication occurs on the server, even if the object is excluded from client-side data deduplication.

Include files for data deduplication

You can choose to include backup or archive files for data deduplication.

To refine the list of files to be included, the include.dedup option can be used in combination with the exclude.dedup option.

By default, all eligible objects are included for data deduplication.

Here are some UNIX and Linux® examples:

  exclude.dedup /FS1/.../*

  include.dedup /FS1/archive/*

Here are some Windows examples:

  exclude.dedup E:\myfiles\...\*

  include.dedup E:\myfiles\archive\*