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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.

1. https://blog.it-kb.ru/2014/01/30/system-center-2012-r2-dpm-hyper-v-vm-backup-and-exclude-separate-virtual-disk-vhd-from-backup-protection-group/

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?

Best regards,
Leon
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Sunday, October 21, 2018 12:14 PM
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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
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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
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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?

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-V

Best regards,
Leon

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Thursday, November 5, 2020 10:00 PM
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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