[SSD Optimizer - Exclude files / folders]

Absolutely.

 

Use the File Placement Rules.  Set the rule to only use the non-SSD drives, and uncheck the "File placement rules respect real-time file placement limits set by the balancing plug-ins" option in the balancing settings. 

 

This should force the pool to place files on the non-SSD drives instead of on the SSDs.

 

For the VHDX files, add "\*.?vhdx" for the text (this gets VHDX files and AVHDX files, which HyperV uses for snapshots and the like).  Or you can specify folders.

How exactly does one specify folders to exclude? do you just add \*.? to the front of the folder name?