April's response below is perfectly correct (NetBackup exclude lists  
exist on the client, in the windows registry) but I don't think that  
the Microsoft knowledgebase link is relevant, as it is all about how to  
exclude files from backups using the Windows "ntbackup" utility.  (no  
relation to NETbackup)

Here's a Veritas technote on the topic, which refers to the actual  
registry keys:

   http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/237447.htm
   (it refers to NetBackup 3.x, but the information is valid for  
NetBackup 4.5 and 5.x too)

But rather than mucking with the registry, you might find it easier to  
just modify the exclude list via the NetBackup GUI, as is described  
starting on p.350 of the NetBackup 5.1 windows manual:

    
http://ftp.support.veritas.com/pub/support/products/ 
NetBackup_Enterprise_Server/268192.pdf

HTH
rob



On May 2, 2005, at 8:25 PM, April Kelley wrote:

> I recently asked this same question of support...
>
> "You can only exclude per client currently, there is an article from  
> MS which gives some information on how to exclude from a system level,  
> but its still on a per client basis also. You may be able to push out  
> this setting via a group policy for windows clients, its a reg key  
> change.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;233427";
>
> April Kelley
> Complex Hosting Support
> Hostcentric, an Interland Company
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On Behalf Of Louis-Luc
> Le Guerrier
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2005 10:33 AM
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Recursively exclude files from Windows backups
>
>
> Hello,
> I am using Veritas Netbackup 5.1 on Solaris 9 machine (server)
> and with some SUN and Windows clients. I'd like to recursively
> exclude all files *.ABC from the Windows client. That means
> all files with that extension from all directories on the
> drive. I know on UNIX you place an 'exclude_list' file, but
> how do you do that on the Windows client?
> And how do you do the effect recursively?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Louis-Luc
>
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