What directories are discarded when taking incremental backups?

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Question

Which are the excluded directories when using incremental backups?

Environment

Release OnApp 5.x-6.x

Incremental Backups

Answer

The following are the directories discarded by rsync when executing backups:

Linux

['/dev', '/proc', '/sys', '/selinux', '/tmp']

FreeBSD

['/dev', '/proc', '/sys', '/tmp', '/usr/src/', '/usr/obj', '/usr/ports']

Additional Info

Incremental Backups use rsync to execute the backup task. We exclude some of the directories that do not require backup.