Bug 2165249

Summary: [DDF] This guide could really benefit from a section about exclusions. There are many different kinds of data sources
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Reporter: Direct Docs Feedback <ddf-bot>
Component: doc-System_Administrators_GuideAssignee: Šárka Jana <sjanderk>
Status: ASSIGNED --- QA Contact: David Jež <djez>
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Description Direct Docs Feedback 2023-01-28 21:06:33 UTC 
This guide could really benefit from a section about exclusions. There are many different kinds of data sources that ReAR can exclude, but the software itself doesn't provide much help in understanding how to do this. Administrators need to know how to exclude devices, partitions, RAID arrays, executables, files, and entire file systems from being included in the backup, overwritten on recovery, or both. It would be really helpful to know what ReAR excludes by default, but its own default config file, while highly organized, is extremely dense and lacking in quality examples.  It doesn't seem possible to accurately verify that an exclusion was done correctly without taking the time to destroy and recover a test system. We would all save a lot of time if quality information was available to start with.

Reported by: lawrence.miller

https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/system_administrators_guide/ch-relax-and-recover_rear#annotations:35aeac68-cf1f-4c10-adff-cb095d826349
Comment 10 Šárka Jana 2023-04-04 08:43:23 UTC 
Dear Mr. Miller!

Thank you for your request for additional documentation. We appreciate your feedback and are committed to continuously improving our product documentation.

I have consulted with our subject matter expert, who will be responsible for preparing and testing the cases that need to be documented. After that, I will begin writing the documentation that will be applicable for RHEL 7, RHEL 8, and RHEL 9.

Based on our current workload, we estimate that it will take approximately 2 months to complete this request. However, we will do our best to complete it as soon as possible and will keep you updated on our progress.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Best regards,
Sarka Jana