To create an intelligent VM group

1. On the left, click RHV.
2. Click the Intelligent VM groups tab and then click + Add.
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 Select virtual machines pane, select the appropriate RHV manager.

   Note:

   The web UI lists the servers that you can access based on your role and permissions (RBAC).

   • Select the default query: Include all VMs.

     When the protection plan runs, all VMs that are part of the RHV manager are selected for backup.

   • Create your own query: Click Add condition.

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

   See 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 prod 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 prod in their display name and that also have a tag named eng. If a VM does not have prod in its display name as well as a tag named eng, 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 prod in their display name (regardless of any tags).

   • The VMs that have a tag named eng (regardless of the display name).

6. 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.

7. To save the group without adding it to a protection plan, click Add. To save and add it to a protection plan, click Add and protect, select the plan, and click Protect.

   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.

   See Query options for creating intelligent VM groups.

   Note:

   If you use filters in intelligent group, NetBackup Web UI might not display the accurate list of VMs that match the filter if the VM or the RHV server has non-English characters. However, during the backup, correct VMs are selected even though the VM attributes are non-English. This behavior is only in viewing the VMs in NetBackup Web UI.