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Starting with Data Manager version 19.9, protection policy enables the option to exclude databases from backup.
Figure 9. Excluding databases from backup
Exclude Simple Database - Select this option to exclude the databases in simple recovery model from the transaction log backups.
Exclude System Databases - Select this option to exclude the SQL system databases (including databases named master, model, and msdb) from the differential and transaction log backups.
The status of an asset in the protection job is skipped when the asset is present in the SQL host but unavailable for backup because it is offline or in a restoring, recovery pending, or suspect state.
Figure 10. Notification for skipped database assets from backup
When all assets in a job group are skipped, the job group status appears as Skipped in the Protection Jobs window. When some but not all assets in a job group are skipped, the job group status appears as Completed with Exceptions.
Figure 11. Protection job – completed with exceptions
The reason for the Skipped status appears in the details section of the Job ID Summary window:
Figure 12. Protection job summary