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3.10 Filtering

The filtering parameters are used to filter the data retrieved by the listing commands (list

activities (p. 63), list archives (p. 40) and others).

3.10.1 content_path

The path to the contents inside the backup. The parameter is used with the list content (p. 45)

command unless the --content_type (p. 110) parameter value is volume or ad_database. If not

specified, the first 5000 root elements will be shown.

Disk-level and file-level backups

For disk-level and file-level backups, this parameter is a file system path. In Windows, specify

volumes in the path by their letters (not numbers, like 1-1). In Linux, specify the volume's mount

point.

Examples:

--content_path=C:\Windows\system32

--content_path=/home/user1/work

Microsoft Exchange Server data backups

For detailed information about the value format, see "Specifying Exchange data" (p. 76).

Single-pass backups

For single-pass backups, the value format depends on the data type you want to view. This data type

is determined by the --content_type parameter value.

 If --content_type=mssql_database, this parameter is an instance name.

Example:

--content_path=NEWSERVER

 If --content_type=file, this parameter is a file system path. Specify volumes in the path by

their letters (not numbers, like 1-1).

Example:

--content_path=D:\databases

3.10.2 content_type

--content_type={volume|file|exchange_database|exchange_mailbox|mssql_database|ad_d

atabase}

The type of content to display. The parameter is used with the list content (p. 45) command

when viewing the contents of a disk-level or database-level backup.

Disk-level backups

When viewing the contents of a disk-level backup, the applicable values of the parameter are

volume and file. If the value is volume or if the parameter is not specified, the command will list

disks and volumes contained in the backup. Otherwise, the list of backed up files and folders will be

shown.