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
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From the navigation pane, go to Protect > File servers.
The Overview page appears.
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Go to the File servers tab, and then click the cluster server.
The file server properties page appears.
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On the Subclients tab, click Add subclient.
The Add subclient dialog box appears.
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Enter the following information:
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Name: Enter a name for the subclient.
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Backup set: Select the backup set that you want to add the subclient to.
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Backup plan: Select the backup plan to use for the subclient, and then specify which content you want to back up.
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Optional: Toggle the Define your own content key to the right to specify the content to protect and exclude from backup operations.
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On the Content tab, choose the data to include in the backup.
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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
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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.
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To use a saved user credentials to access the file system, click Impersonate user, and then select the credential to use.
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To exclude items from backups, in the Exclusions tab, do the following:
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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
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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.
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To configure how global exclusions are applied to the subclient, from the Include global exclusion list, select one of the following:
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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.
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On: Enables the global exclusions for the subclient.
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Off: Disables the global exclusions for the subclient.
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To configure exceptions to the exclusion filters, in the Exceptions tab, do the following:
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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
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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).
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Click Save.