NetBackup™ Web UI Nutanix AHV Administrator's Guide

To create an intelligent VM group

1. On the left, click Nutanix AHV.
2. Click the Intelligent VM groups tab and then click Add intelligent VM group.
3. Enter a name and description for the group.

   The intelligent VM group display name length must be between 1 to 256 characters.

4. In the Clusters pane, click Add clusters.

   Note:

   To create a group, you must have at least one cluster.

   • In the Add clusters window, select clusters that you want to add.

     Note:

     To add a cluster, you must have view and create permissions on the cluster.

5. Perform one of the following:

   • Select the default query: Include all VMs.

     When the protection plan runs, all VMs that are part of the AHV clusters are added in the intelligent VM group.

   • Create your own query: Click Add condition.

6. To add a condition, use the drop-downs to select a keyword and operator and then enter a value.

   The options are described after this procedure: Query options for creating intelligent VM groups.

   The following is an example query:

   

   In this example, the query adds to the group any VM that has windows in its display name.

   To change the effect of the query, click + Condition and click AND or OR, then select the keyword, operator, and value for the condition. For example:

   

   This example uses AND to narrow the scope of the query: it selects only the VMs that have windows in their display name and that also have a power state as ON. If a VM does not have windows in its display name as well as a power state ON, that VM is not added to the group.

   To broaden the scope of the query, use OR:

   

   In this example, OR causes the query to add the following to the group:

   • The VMs that have windows in their display name (regardless of power state).

   • The VMs that have a power state ON (regardless of the display name).

7. To test the query, click Preview.

   Note:

   The query-based selection process is dynamic. Changes in the virtual environment can affect which VMs the query selects when the protection plan runs. As a result, the VMs that the query selects later when the protection plan runs may not be identical to those currently listed in the preview.

   Note:

   When you click Preview or save the group, the query options are treated as case-sensitive when the VMs are selected for the group. Under Virtual machines, if you click on a VM that was not selected for the group, the Member of virtual machine groups field reads none.

   However, when you add the group to a protection plan, some of the query options are treated as case-insensitive when the protection plan's backup runs. As a result, the same VM may now be included in the group and is backed up.

   For the case behavior of each option, see the following topic:

   Query options for creating intelligent VM groups

8. To save the group, click Add and Manage permissions.

   Note:

   You can edit, protect, and manage permissions for this group.

   • Add a protection plan:

     See Protect AHV VMs or intelligent VM groups.

   • Edit or update the intelligent VM group:

     See Update the intelligent VM group.

   • Assign permissions to the VM group:

     See Assign permissions to the intelligent VM group.