# Creating a Subclient for Cluster Nodes

Subclients contain information about what data is backed up. You can create user-defined subclients to manage and back up specific data files and folders. For example, you can create user-defined subclients for folders and files that change frequently or that require a different backup schedule.

## Procedure

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Protect > Files.

   The Overview page appears.

2. Go to the Files tab, and then click the cluster server.

   The file server properties page appears.

3. On the Subclients tab, click Add subclient.

   The Add subclient dialog box appears.

4. Enter the following information:

   - Name: Enter a name for the subclient.

   - Backup set: Select the backup set to which you want to add the subclient.

5. Click Next.

6. On the Plan page, select the backup plan to use for the subclient, and then specify which content you want to back up.

7. On the Backup content tab, select the contents to include in the backup.

   - To enter paths to items you want to include in backups, in the Enter custom path field, enter a path, and then click the add button.

   - To select items from a file system view of the server, click Browse, and then select the check boxes for the items that you want to include in backups.

8. To exclude items from backups, in the Exclusions tab, do the following:

   - To enter paths to items you want to exclude from backups, in the Enter custom path field, enter a filter pattern, and then click the add button.

   - To select items from a file system view of the server, click Browse, and then select the check boxes for the items that you want to exclude from backups.

   - To configure how global exclusions are applied to the subclient, from the Include global exclusion list, select one of the following:

     - Use cell level policy (default): Enables or disables the global exclusions for the subclient depending on whether the Use global exclusions on all subclients option is enabled for the environment.

     - On: Enables the global exclusions for the subclient.

     - Off: Disables the global exclusions for the subclient.

9. To configure exceptions to the exclusion filters, in the Exceptions tab, do the following:

   - To enter paths to items you want to except from the backup filters (exclusions), in the Enter custom path field, enter a filter pattern, and then click the add button.

   - To select items from a file system view of the server, click Browse, and then select the check boxes for the items that you want to except from the backup filters (exclusions).

10. Click Next.

11. On the Pre-process and post-process commands page, enter the backup process commands.

12. You can click Browse to select the file that contains the pre-process or post-process commands.

13. Enable Impersonate user to use a saved user credential with permissions to execute the commands.

    From the Credential list, select existing credentials or create new credentials.

    Steps to add new credentials

    To add credentials to the Credential Manager, click the plus button (+), and then specify the following in the Add Credential dialog box.

    1. In the Credential name box, enter the name of the credential.

    2. In the User account box, enter the name of the user account.

    3. In the Password box, enter the password.

    4. In the Description box, you can enter a description of the credentials.

    5. Click Save.

14. Click Submit.

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