Exclude FileVaults sparsebundle from backup

Hello,
I'm trying to configure Time Machine to backup my Mac on system level without my home folder. The problem is, that my home folder is encrypted via FileVault and regardless of what I'm doing, Time Machine tries to backup FileVault's sparsebundle every time I logging me out. I have tried to add "/Users" or "/Users/.<username>" to the exclude list or edit Time Machine's configuration file manually but nothing helps.
How can I prevent Time Machine from backing up this file?
Thanks and greets,
Jay2Cee

Jay2Cee wrote:
V.K. wrote:
Jay2Cee wrote:
My system files are the only one I really need to backup and I want to use the build in tool for this purpose. But even if I exclude my home directory from the backup in TM settings, at logout it really backups the FV sparse bundle and I haven't found a way to stopping it from doing that.
why do you think that? how did you check? it certainly should not do that. it doesn't back up the sparse bundle when I test it.
The backup takes a very long time
that doesn't mean anything
and the result is big sparse image file in the backup
and that does not mean anything either. it simply reuses the old existing backup of the sparse bundle and hard links to that. the only true test is to delete all backups of the sparse bundle. then log in/out of the filevaulted account and see if the sparse bundle is really being backed up. my bet it isn't.
deleting backups should ONLY be done from TM interface. enter TM, scroll back in time and select the sparse bundle in any backup. then click on the "gears" action button in finder's toolbar and select "delete all backups of ..."

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