8.5 Including or Excluding Folders from a Pair’s Policy Runs

For a Dynamic File Services pair, you can specify one or more folders in the pair’s primary path that you want to include or to exclude from the policy runs. For a given pair, you can include folders, or you can exclude folders, but not both. The Include/Exclude setting should be set on subfolders and not the root of the primary path.

IMPORTANT:The primary path must reside on a device that is attached to the Dynamic File Services server. The Include/Exclude option does not support remote primary paths.

The Include/Exclude setting applies only to the policies for the pair that are run against the primary path. That is, the Include/Exclude feature applies to policies that are moving data with a Direction setting of Primary to Secondary.

  1. In the Management Console, connect to the DynamicFS server that you want to manage.

  2. Right-click the pair that you want to manage, then select Properties to open the Pair Properties dialog box.

  3. Select the Include/Exclude tab.

  4. In Options, select only one of the following restriction options per pair:

    The options are dimmed and not selectable if the pair has a remote primary path.

    None: The Include/Exclude option is disabled for the pair. Existing paths in the Include/Exclude list are not deselected, and remain available if you later re-enable Include or Exclude.

    Exclude: Enable the Exclude option. Policies that run on the primary path (primary to secondary) do not act on content in the specified folders on the primary path.

    Include: Enable the Include option. Policies that run on the primary path (primary to secondary) act only on content in the specified folders on the primary path.

  5. Create a list of folders where you want to apply the Include/Exclude setting when it is enabled.

    1. Click Add/Remove to open a file browser dialog box.

    2. Select the check box next to a folder to add it to the list.

    3. Click OK to return to the Include/Exclude tab.

    4. On the Include/Exclude tab, click Apply to save and apply the changes.

      In the following example, the Include setting is enabled. Primary-to-secondary policies apply only to the C:\primary1\includeme folder.

  6. (Optional) Remove folders from the Include/Exclude list.

    1. Click Add/Remove to open a file browser dialog box.

    2. Deselect the check box next to a folder to remove it from the list.

    3. Click OK to return to the Include/Exclude tab.

    4. On the Include/Exclude tab, click Apply to save and apply the changes.

  7. Click OK to save your changes and close the Pair Properties dialog box.