Role | Exclusion | Location |
Mailbox | Exchange databases, checkpoint files, and log files | Get-MailboxDatabase -server <servername>| format-list *path* |
Mailbox | Database content indexes | Located in same folder as database |
Mailbox | Group Metrics folder | %ExchangeInstallPath%\GroupMetrics |
Mailbox | Message tracking and calendar repair log files | Get-MailboxServer <servername> | format-list *path* |
Mailbox | The Offline Address Book files | %ExchangeInstallPath%\ExchangeOAB |
Mailbox | IIS system files | %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv |
Mailbox | The temporary folder you use for offline maintenance tools (ie. eseutil.exe) | Your decision |
Mailbox | The Mailbox database temporary folder | %ExchangeInstallPath%\Mailbox\MDBTEMP |
Mailbox DAG Member | The quorum disk and the %Winnt%\Cluster | |
Witness Server | The witness directory files | \\%SystemDrive%:\DAGFileShareWitnesses\<DAGFQDN> |
Hub Transport | General log files | Get-TransportServer <servername>| format-list *logpath*,*tracingpath* |
Hub Transport | Pickup and Replay message directory folders | Get-TransportServer <servername>| fl *dir*path* |
Hub Transport | Role queue database, checkpoint, and log files | %ExchangeInstallPath%\TransportRoles\Data\Queue |
Hub Transport | Sender Reputation database, checkpoint, and log files | %ExchangeInstallPath%\TransportRoles\Data\SenderReputation |
Hub Transport | IP filter database, checkpoint, and log files | %ExchangeInstallPath%\TransportRoles\Data\IpFilter |
Hub Transport | The temporary folders that are used to perform conversions | - Content conversions are performed in the Exchange server’s TMP folder - OLE conversions are performed in %ExchangeInstallPath%\Working\OleConvertor folder |
Hub Transport | Any Exchange-aware antivirus program folders | |
Client Access | The compression folder that is used with Microsoft Outlook Web App | %SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files |
Client Access | IIS system files | %SystemRoot%\System32\Inetsrv |
Client Access | IIS log files | Inetpub\logs\logfiles\w3svc |
Client Access | The Internet-related Exchange files | %ExchangeInstallPath%\ClientAccess |
Client Access | POP3 folder | %ExchangeInstallPath%\Logging\POP3 |
Client Access | IMAP4 folder | %ExchangeInstallPath%\Logging\IMAP4 |
Client Access | The temporary folders that are used to perform conversions | - Content conversions are performed in the Exchange server’s TMP folder - OLE conversions are performed in %ExchangeInstallPath%\Working\OleConvertor folder |