How to add exclusion list for an incremental file system backup and remove the same exclusion list for the full backup?
Exclusion lists are specified in the selection set. Since the same selection set is used for the full and the incremental backup, an exclusion list cannot be used for a full backup and omitted on an incremental job or vice versa.
Workaround
Advance Backup Options set can be different for full and incremental backups sharing the same selection set. A pre-script can be specified to swap the inclusion file content, so some directories and/or files can be skipped when running the incremental job.
Start by creating a full backup selection file listing all directories and files that must be backed up. Then, remove any item that will be skipped during the incremental job and save the file with a different name. Last, create a third file which will be the inclusion list specified on the Selection Set.
For a Windows system, the pre-script would contain a command that replace the inclusion file like this:
Script files must be placed on the script subdirectory inside the NetVault home directory.
