[SOLARIS] Questions about exclude lists

[VAB]

Hello!


We are using Veeam Agent for Oracle Solaris 4.6.1.1789 on a SPARC kernel zone running Solaris 11.4 SRU 71. The documentatiob explicitly states that for file level backups, UNIX wildcards are only allowed in include/exclude lists for files, not in directories. I decided to try directory wildcards anyway.

In an include list, I indeed get an error when I specify a wildcard. However, when I use a wildcard in an exclude list, the wildcard is silently accepted:

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# veeamconfig job info --id d3d00216-2025-4b7f-8066-33647945ffa9
Backup job:
   ID: {d3d00216-2025-4b7f-8066-33647945ffa9}
   Name: test_rpool
   Repository ID: {d08ef0f0-c17a-4c8d-9e70-c5a1ab78116b}
   Repository name: [...] Backup Repository
   Creation time: 2025-04-29 14:47:45
   Options:
      Compression: Zstd9
      Max points: 7
      Block size: 8192 KB
      File system indexing is disabled
   Objects for backup:
      Include Directory: /
      Exclude Directory: /dev
      Exclude Directory: /devices
      Exclude Directory: /home
      Exclude Directory: /net
      Exclude Directory: /nfs4
      Exclude Directory: /proc
      Exclude Directory: /system
      Exclude Directory: /global
      Exclude Directory: /etc/mnttab
      Exclude Directory: /tmp
      Exclude Directory: /etc/dfs/sharetab
      Exclude Directory: /media
      Exclude Directory: /opt/pp*     <--- wildcard
   Implicitly excluded directories:
      //root/var/share/sstore/repo    <--- does not exist
      /dev/fd
      /system/contract
      /system/object
      /system/volatile
      /tmp/veeam
      /var/share/sstore/repo

As expected, the wildcard does not work, and all directories matching the pattern "/opt/pp*" are included in the backup. Wouldn't it be better to refuse job creation altogether, when an "Exclude Directory" contains a wildcard?

Also, I noticed that the "Implicitly excluded directories" list contains two entries for the "sstore" repository. The first one ("//root/var/share/sstore/repo") does not exist. How do I get rid of this spurious entry?


Thanks,
VAB

[rovshan.pashayev]

Hello,

Thank you for your feedback!

As expected, the wildcard does not work, and all directories matching the pattern "/opt/pp*" are included in the backup. Wouldn't it be better to refuse job creation altogether when an "Exclude Directory" contains a wildcard?

We appreciate your concern and have noted the requests for support regarding rich wildcards for folder exclusions.

The first one ("//root/var/share/sstore/repo") does not exist. How do I get rid of this spurious entry?

You're right; this entry should not be there. We will look into it.