Can I safely exclude following files from backup: c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM.LOG c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG c$\WINNT\system32\config\software c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG c$\WINNT\system32\config\system c$\WINNT\system32\config\SYSTEM.ALT
I am getting errors in the log file that these files cannot be backed up since they are open. Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide recommends the following exclude statement: exclude "*:\...\system32\config\*.*" exclude "*:\...\system32\config\...\*" Can I restore the registry and other system objects it I exclude all the files listed above? They are not getting backed up anyway. Anwer
