Not sure why it missed it, but from my understanding of the include /
exclude list formats
*.vmx should be all you need in your include list to backup any .vmx
file anywhere on that system that is on a filesystem you have selected.

I use this same entry well almost in my exludes. *.dbf
This prevents the .dbf files from being backed up regardless of the file
system the dba's have moved them to.

Doug Preston

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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Question regarding (71) none of the files in the
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We use this wild card in our backup selection
/vmfs/volumes/[a-zA-Z]*/*/*.vmx to backup just the vmx files from a
single ESX host. In troubleshooting why I received this error, I learned
that between the backup window for the ESX client, an engineer deleted
the original VM (DCTZIQPVIEW02) and then re-provisioned a new VM on a
different LUN using the same server name. Anyone have a clue as to why
would I get this error? I would've thought by using the wild card that
NBU wouldn't care where the file existed from one backup to the next of
a specific file. 

Old path to the file which the error 71 was generated. 
/vmfs/volumes/QAVOL4/DCTZIQPVIEW02/DCTZIQPVIEW02.vmx 

New path to the file where the re-provisioned VM was created. 
/vmfs/volumes/QAVOL3/DCTZIQPVIEW02/DCTZIQPVIEW02.vmx 




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