I have numerous SQL 2012 databases that are being backed up by DPM 2012. However, in each of these databases there is a specific file group that contains a large amount of non-critical (easily recreateable) data that is changes often and causes our backup size to grow exponentially. I don't want the data in this file group backed up.
I want to find out how I can (either through DPM or a setting in SQL Server) instruct DPM to exclude a specific file group from the backup. I want to do this using the native SQL VSS backup and I like (and really need) the auto-protect feature of DPM to backup new databases, so individually selecting individual files for the backup isn't really an option. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated.