Hi,

I have the same issue and what I do is create exclude lists for Windows
clients. That way you can exclude entire directories and certain files.
Specify them in amanda.conf . For example:

define dumptype always-full-winpc29 {
        global
        compress server fast
        exclude list "/usr/local/etc/amanda/fulldaily/winpc29exclude"
}

The exclude list is in the winpc29exclude file, which is a list of files
and/or directories.

Of course all this only works when using tar (not dump).

Martin

> It appears to me that amanda can only back up entire Samba shares - not
> individual subdirectories of the shares.  At least, I can't find a way
> to specify specific subdirectories in cases when the entire share is too
> big to back up.  Any tips on how to finesse the size issue?  I'm kinda
> resisting the notion of making each subdirectory a separate share, just
> for backup purposes...
>
> -- 
> Archie