# Exact behavior of the option "--tables-exclude" during the execution of backup

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**Category:** Percona XtraBackup\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/exact-behavior-of-the-option-tables-exclude-during-the-execution-of-backup/5630 "2017-05-22T16:33:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/exact-behavior-of-the-option-tables-exclude-during-the-execution-of-backup/5630/1 "2017-05-22T16:33:13Z")

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Greetings, the documentation states the following regarding partial backups:

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> If any of the matched or listed tables is deleted during the backup, xtrabackup will fail.

which makes perfect sense with the option “–tables”, however, will xtrabackup fail too when excluding tables with the option “–tables-exclude” ?