Information regarding how to exclude certain files/folders from a backup in JetBackup 5 can be found in our Documentation at Directories and Files to Exclude. On this page, you will also find a General recommended exclude list. Below will be a recommended Exclude List for Accounts hosted on Direct Admin Servers. Please note that these lists are not exhaustive and provide a good starting point for common files/folders to exclude.
Direct Admin Common Files to Exclude:
*.bkup*.gz*.jpa*.log*.sql*.tar*.tar.gz*.wpress*.zip*/.wysiwygPro_**/backups*/*/user_backups*/*/admin_backups*/*/backupbuddy_backups/**/cache/smarty/**/com_akeeba/backup/**/softaculous_backups/**/core.[0-9]**/error_logusr/*bin/*etc/*lib/*lib64/**/var/*logs/*tmp/*sbin/*dev/**/wp-content/cache/**/wp-content/uploads/wpcf7_captcha/**/wp-content/widget-cache/**/wptsc-cachedir/*.MirrorSearchaccess-logs/*backup-*.tar.gzpublic_ftp/*public_html/cache/*site-*.tar.gz
