With the source files exclusion rules you can define which data will be skipped from the source data during the backup process and thus be excluded from the list of backed up items. These can be files or folders defined by a path set up for exclusion.
This option is effective for the backup of virtual machines which contain volumes of NTFS and FAT file systems only. Specifically, it works with all switched off VMs (with FAT and NTFS file systems) and for switched on VMs with OS version windows server 2003 and higher. Besides, the option requires VMware tools running on the target VM.
Use the following parameters to specify which files and folders to exclude.
Exclude files matching the following criteria
Select this check box to skip files and folders with names matching any of the listed criteria (called file masks). Use the Add, Edit, Remove and Remove All buttons to create and manage the list of file masks.
You can use one or more wildcard characters “*” and “?” in a file mask.
To exclude a folder specified by a path containing the drive letter, add a backslash (“\”) to the folder name in the criterion, for example: C:\Finance\.
For example, you can set the Source files exclusion to Exclude files matching the following criteria: *.tmp, *.~, *.bak