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Exclude Large .VHDx of VM during Hyper-V Cluster Backup - DPM 2016

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Hello,
We have DPM 2016 and Hyper-V 2016 Cluster.
We have some VMs with large .vhdx, but we want to exclude them from being taking during VM backup of Hyper-V Cluster.
We have tried using the registry Setting on Host HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup
But it did not work.
2. http://www.buchatech.com/2011/10/how-to-exclude-data-from-dpm-protection/
Any help would be more appreciated.
Thanks
- Edited by p.th Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:50 AM
Sunday, October 21, 2018 11:49 AM
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Hi,
Have you tried using the exclude files when modifying or creating a protection group?
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 12:14 PM -
Hello Leon,
Thanks for your reply
1. The Exclude option is not available in Hyper-V Cluster Selection.
2. I think it will be only available for file\folder backups. and in that also it allows only "file types" or Extensions not the path of the file.
- Edited by p.th Monday, October 22, 2018 8:21 AM
Monday, October 22, 2018 8:20 AM -
Did you restart the server after the registry fixes above? As for most registry changes it requires a restart.
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Monday, October 22, 2018 10:27 AM -
Did you ever get this to work? I'd like to exclude folders on a Hyper-V guest. Is the FilesNotToBackup key for that?Wednesday, October 21, 2020 6:42 PM
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Did you ever get this to work? I'd like to exclude folders on a Hyper-V guest. Is the FilesNotToBackup key for that?
Hi,
Should be yes:
SCDPM 2012 R2 Troubleshooting: Exception virtual disk VHD / VHDX of VM backup Hyper-VBest regards,
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Thursday, November 5, 2020 10:00 PM -
I never got this to work. I'm not using a cluster. I'd like to exclude an entire drive in the Hyper-V guest that is used as a data store for SQL/Exchange/etc.Monday, November 9, 2020 10:20 PM