NetBackup character restrictions for Hyper-V virtual machine display names
When Hyper-V virtual machines are included in a NetBackup policy, certain characters are not allowed in the virtual machine display name.
If the name contains the wrong characters, the backup may fail.
For NetBackup, the following characters are allowed in virtual machine display names:
Uppercase and lowercase ASCII letters (A-Z a-z)
Numbers (0-9)
Underscore (_)
Plus sign (+)
Left and right parentheses ()
Spaces
Hyphen (-) Note however that a display name cannot begin with a hyphen.
Period (.) Note the following limitation:
A display name cannot end with a period. For example, a display name of
vm1.is not allowed.
Note:
No other characters are allowed.
For the policies that select virtual machines automatically: A space in a display name is converted to "%20" in the test query results if the virtual machine is listed as included.
Additional character restrictions for VM names can be found in the NetBackup Cloud Administrator's Guide, available from this location: