Exclude directories from backups

madebyraygun

I just found out my backups have been failing because of disk space issues. However, most of the disk space is being used by CMS temp files and could safely be excluded. Is it possible to exclude specific directories from being backed up?

adil

I want also to have option to exclude specific type of files, like .ZIP.

JohnB

madebyraygun

As an update to my original request, I also think it would be nice to be able to disable backups on accounts, as well enable database and file backups separately. I'm sure this has already been requested, but there are quite a few accounts that I don't need backed up at all, and some that I only need MySQL backups but not file backups.

mah1952

+1 for this for sure. A must have. It will save us a ton on backup storage costs. We need to exclude cache folders and zipped / tarred files.

adil

@Adam

Is there a way to merge feature requests ? There is like +3 features about backups, and its seems all of them has the same request, exclude files & custom backup retention per website/package.

This way we can all add our feedback on one place, I know people should search before adding a request, but you know... 😢 I myself did this mistake once.

Kosta

uj_novaram

+1 for this...
We have had a server stop working 3 times now due to this...
Excluding caches for instance would be great

xyzulu

uj_novaram We have had a server stop working 3 times now due to this

Why? What caused the server to stop? How was this related to backups?

(If it’s S3 backups you are referring to then I can see a situation where a server could have hit its disk space. Still, why not use Enhance backups if this was the issue?)

FabioP

+1 for me.