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Hello

These 2 folders contains all the vmdk managed directly by the kubernetes cluster. These vmdks belongs to other vm nodes controlled by the kubernetes cluster. It does not conaint any vmx , log, .vmfs, vmxf files...
I will feel more safe when I will make the backup to completely exclude this type of folders...

I managed to find the right regexp I need it. but
I still get to each vm I want to backup
"2023-03-06 06:36:10 | Backing up 135 files, total size is 4.90 TB"
but the files are excluded...

vmfs/volumes/datastorelocal5/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup \
--replica \
"VMs(testvm)" \
"/vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm" \
--disable-vmotion="" \
--use-smtp="1" \
--mail-to="sdan@globalis.ro" \
--exclude="(kubestatic|kubevols)"

I run this command:
/vmfs/volumes/datastorelocal5/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup \
--replica \
"VMs(testvm)" \
"/vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm" \
--disable-vmotion="" \
--use-smtp="1" \
--mail-to="sdan@globalis.ro" \
--exclude="((*.datastorekubedata/kubevols*.)|(*.datastorekubedata/kubestatic*.))" \

I get this errors:
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|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.6.0.6: Backup & Replication Software                    |||
|||   (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved    |||
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                   (c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
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System Information: ESXi, Kernel 6 Major 7 Minor 0 Patch 0
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Shell binary pool memory size: 2048 MB
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Shell memory pool size was set to 2048 MB by default
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Total available memory: 249319 MB (~1GB is always kept as a security margin)
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License: 000406F100000000000000000017a477083a | (c)XSIBackup-DC
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PID: 11888439, Running job as: root
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(c)XSIBackup-DC replicating data to /vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm
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Performing --replica action
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VMotion interface <vmk0> has been disabled
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Backup folder '/vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm'
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Available space in backup volume: 37083119108096 (34.54 TB)
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Item number 1 in this job
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testvm Hardware Version is: 14
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Virtual Machine Name: testvm
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Creating snapshot VM: testvm (powered on)...
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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Virtual Machine: testvm
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Backup start date: 2023-03-03T12:32:14
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The size of the data to backup is huge, more memory will be allocated
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Memory size was automatically set to: 1912 MB
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2023-03-03 12:32:14 | Backing up 135 files, total size is 4.90 TB
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    NUMBER                                                         FILE             SIZE          PROGRESS
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Failed to initialize regex struct: string /vmfs/volumes/590a00bc-5aef1955-ec07-0017a4770810/testvm/testvm-3d06bdf4.hlog, pattern ((*.datastorekubedata/kubevols*.)|(*.datastorekubedata/kubestatic*.)), error: Cannot allocate memory
    1/135                                           testvm-3d06bdf4.hlog         91.00 B    | Done   0.00%
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Failed to initialize regex struct: string /vmfs/volumes/590a00bc-5aef1955-ec07-0017a4770810/testvm/testvm.vmx, pattern ((*.datastorekubedata/kubevols*.)|(*.datastorekubedata/kubestatic*.)), error: No such file or directory
    2/135                                                     testvm.vmx          3.53 KB   | Done   0.00%
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Failed to initialize regex struct: string /vmfs/volumes/590a00bc-5aef1955-ec07-0017a4770810/testvm/testvm-flat.vmdk, pattern ((*.datastorekubedata/kubevols*.)|(*.datastorekubedata/kubestatic*.)), error: No such file or directory
    3/135                                               testvm-flat.vmdk         16.00 GB   | Done   0.00%
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::: detail :::  55.73% done | block 9130 out of 16384 | 221 MB/s                            | Done   0.18%
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|   2023-03-03T12:32:57 | Error code 222 at file signal.c, line 222 | Error description:                    |

This vm has 3 harddisk:
[root@esxi5:/vmfs/volumes/5d0b3eec-7da7d463-ed8e-0017a477083a/XSIBackup-DC] cat /vmfs/volumes/vmstorage/testvm/testvm.vmx|grep fileName
scsi0:0.fileName = "testvm-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:1.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/5d092ea7-c0c36652-bbd2-0017a477082c/kubestatic/testvm_1-000001.vmdk"
scsi0:2.fileName = "/vmfs/volumes/5d092ea7-c0c36652-bbd2-0017a477082c/kubevols/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-testvm1212-000001.vmdk"

When I tried the second regexp you suggested to me (it's not working at all):

It looks like is trying to backup all the vmdks from that 2 folders.
I get this:

[root@esxi5:/vmfs/volumes/5d0b3eec-7da7d463-ed8e-0017a477083a/XSIBackup-DC] /vmfs/volumes/datastorelocal5/XSIBackup-DC/xsibackup \
> --replica \
> "VMs(testvm)" \
> "/vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm" \
> --disable-vmotion="" \
> --use-smtp="1" \
> --mail-to="sdan@globalis.ro" \
> --exclude="((^/vmfs/volumes/datastorekubedata/kubevols*.)|(^/vmfs/volumes/datastorekubedata/kubestatic*.))"
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|||   (c)XSIBackup-DC 1.6.0.6: Backup & Replication Software                    |||
|||   (c)33HOPS, Sistemas de Informacion y Redes, S.L. | All Rights Reserved    |||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   (c)Daniel J. Garcia Fidalgo | info@33hops.com
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
System Information: ESXi, Kernel 6 Major 7 Minor 0 Patch 0
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Shell binary pool memory size: 1912 MB
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Shell memory pool size was set to 2048 MB by default
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Total available memory: 249322 MB (~1GB is always kept as a security margin)
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License: 000406F100000000000000000017a477083a | (c)XSIBackup-DC
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PID: 11894061, Running job as: root
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(c)XSIBackup-DC replicating data to /vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm
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Performing --replica action
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VMotion interface <vmk0> has been disabled
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Backup folder '/vmfs/volumes/datastoreringiernfs/esxivm'
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Available space in backup volume: 37083119108096 (34.54 TB)
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Item number 1 in this job
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testvm Hardware Version is: 14
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Virtual Machine Name: testvm
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Creating snapshot VM: testvm (powered on)...
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*** Snapshot was successfully created ***
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Virtual Machine: testvm
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Backup start date: 2023-03-03T12:41:51
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The size of the data to backup is huge, more memory will be allocated
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Memory size was automatically set to: 1912 MB
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2023-03-03 12:41:51 | Backing up 142 files, total size is 4.90 TB
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    NUMBER                                                         FILE             SIZE          PROGRESS
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    1/142                                           testvm-3d06bdf4.hlog         91.00 B    | Done   0.00%
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    2/142                                                     testvm.vmx          3.53 KB   | Done   0.00%
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    3/142                                               testvm-flat.vmdk         16.00 GB   | Done   0.00%
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::: detail ::: 100.00% done | block 16384 out of 16384 | 388 MB/s                           | Done   0.33%
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    4/142                                                    testvm.vmdk        523.00 B    | Done   0.33%
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    5/142                                                    testvm.vmsd          1.38 KB   | Done   0.33%
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    6/142                                                testvm.vmsd.tmp        732.00 B    | Done   0.33%
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    7/142                                  vmx-testvm-2082346798-2.vswp                 [skipped excluded]
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    8/142                                                 testvm.vmx.tmp          3.41 KB   | Done   0.33%
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    9/142                                                   vmware-1.log        312.57 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   10/142                                                   vmware-2.log        265.77 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   11/142                                                   testvm.nvram          8.48 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   12/142                                          testvm-7c1e172e.vswp                 [skipped excluded]
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   13/142                                                testvm.vmx.lck                 [skipped excluded]
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   14/142                                                     vmware.log        331.37 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   15/142                                                    testvm.vmx~          3.53 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   16/142                                                testvm-aux.xml                 [skipped excluded]
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   17/142                                          testvm-Snapshot2.vmsn         20.14 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   18/142                                    testvm-000001-sesparse.vmdk         84.00 MB   | Done   0.33%
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   19/142                                             testvm-000001.vmdk        308.00 B    | Done   0.33%
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   20/142                                          testvm-Snapshot3.vmsn         20.16 KB   | Done   0.33%
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   21/142                                   testvm-000002-sesparse.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   22/142                                            testvm-000002.vmdk                 [skipped excluded]
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   23/142                      integrator-mysql-bigquery-live-flat.vmdk                    [open excluded]
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   24/142                                             testvm_1-flat.vmdk         20.00 GB   | Done   0.33%
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::: detail :::   7.36% done | block 1508 out of 20480 | 79 MB/s                             | Done   0.36%
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:01 | Error code 222 at file signal.c, line 222 | Error description:                    |
|   Signal Handler: the process received signal 2                                                           |
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The execution was halted as per the user request, signal will be added to error list
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:01 | Error code 251 at file signal.c, line 251 | Error description:                    |
|   raised SIGTERM (2) in job, num of errors: 1                                                             |
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Removed current target dir: /vmfs/volumes/bba6dffc-da391fbc/esxivm/testvm
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:02 | Error code 304 at file signal.c, line 304 | Error description:                    |
|   total errors: 2, check error.log                                                                        |
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Cleaning up...
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VMotion Interface <vmk0> was re-enabled
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Removed host <tmp> dir        OK
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Removed prog <tmp> dir        OK
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Removed PID                   OK
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:02 | Error code 222 at file signal.c, line 222 | Error description:                    |
|   Signal Handler: the process received signal 11                                                          |
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:02 | Error code 299 at file signal.c, line 299 | Error description:                    |
|   SIGTERM (11) condition was trapped: check logs for more details, error:description:                     |
|   No such file or directory                                                                               |
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|   2023-03-03T12:43:02 | Error code 304 at file signal.c, line 304 | Error description:                    |
|   total errors: 5, check error.log                                                                        |
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Cleaning up...
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VMotion Interface <vmk0> was re-enabled
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