OneDrive Folder Exclusion

[DHuppertz]

Hello together,

any plans to be able to exclude folders from OneDrive for M365 Backup?

If not, could this be a feature request for further versions?

Kr
Dieter

[Mildur]

Hi Dieter

You can already exclude folders from a OneDrive Backup.
It's not a UI option, but PowerShell provides you an exclude parameter:

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo36 ... tml?ver=80

Code: Select all

Add-VBOJob -EnableExcludedOneDriveFolders -ExcludedOneDriveFolders

https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbo36 ... tml?ver=80

Code: Select all

Set-VBOJob -EnableExcludedOneDriveFolders -ExcludedOneDriveFolders

Best,
Fabian

[DHuppertz]

Hi Fabian,

great answer, I loved it...

On this topic another question: I deleted the whole OneDrive data from one user from Repository with the following command (an it was succesfull):
Remove-VBOEntityData -Repository $repository -User $user -OneDrive

But in OS on repo I don't see file "repository.adb" shrinked in size. Is this a normal behaviour.

We need to shrink the size of the volume. Do I need to use a new volume as repo?

Kr
Dieter

[Polina]

Hi Dieter,

.ADB databases do not shrink in size after data deletion. Instead, the space inside a database is freed up and can be reused for future backups.

Thanks

[rhyn]

I need to be able to exclude certain file extensions in my MS365 One Drive backup job. Users are writing *.pst file (very large) to their one drive. These exclusions would do wonders for storage and bandwidth preservation.

[david.domask]

Hi rhyn, welcome to the forums.

I've moved your post to a topic that better matches.

Request is understood; for now, you can exclude folders, not individual extensions. See if it's feasible to utilize the folder exclusions (request the PST files be placed in a dedicated folder) to save on storage / bandwidth.