Backup without mounted volumes

[wCORS]

The Linux server is using Veeam Agent for Linux to back up the entire machine to an SMB Hetzner StorageBox. However, there is a mounted volume of 150GB that is also included in the backup. Is there a way to exclude this mounted volume from the backup process?

[rovshan.pashayev]

Hello,

Are you using VAL is Standalone or Managed (by VBR) mode?

[wCORS]

> Are you using VAL is Standalone
Yes

[rovshan.pashayev]

Hello,

To exclude a specific disk from VAL Entire machine backups:

1. Edit /etc/veeam/veeam.ini:

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   [backup]
   # Ignored devices masks (use ; as a separator and * to substitute any number of symbols)
   ignoreDevices = /dev/sdb

Replace /dev/sdb with the exact device (e.g., /dev/sdb1 for a specific partition).

2. Restart the Veeam service:

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systemctl restart veeamservice.service

3. Run the backup job.

Important: The exclusion applies globally to all jobs. If multiple jobs exist, they will all ignore the specified disk.