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Exclusion of OS Drive in VM Backup


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Hi Experts,

Can we exclude a specific OS drive from VM backup. Please assist me.

Best answer by MichaelCapon

Hi @Braj85 ,

What’s the Hypervisor of the VM you’re trying to exclude the OS disk from? - It differs for different Hypervisors.

See the following link for VMware Subclients: Defining Filters for Content with VMware (commvault.com) - You can manually pick the Disk.

Note:  The option to filter disks for specific VMs is only available when you are configuring filters for a subclient, and only when the subclient is configured to perform streaming backups.

 

Best Regards,

Michael

 

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MichaelCapon
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Hi @Braj85 ,

What’s the Hypervisor of the VM you’re trying to exclude the OS disk from? - It differs for different Hypervisors.

See the following link for VMware Subclients: Defining Filters for Content with VMware (commvault.com) - You can manually pick the Disk.

Note:  The option to filter disks for specific VMs is only available when you are configuring filters for a subclient, and only when the subclient is configured to perform streaming backups.

 

Best Regards,

Michael

 


Onno van den Berg
Commvault Certified Expert
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Yes, you can use disk filters of tag-based disk filters to exclude disks from VM-level backup: https://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=62268.htm 

But sas @MichaelCapon already said, it depends which hypervisor you are using. 


Aplynx
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  • Vaulter
  • June 7, 2021

@Braj85 Generally speaking, the filter is applied post snapshot. The drive will be filtered once the hypervisor creates the snapshot as you can’t filter a drive from the creation of the actual snapshot itself. 


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