Query rules for datacenter folders (host folder)

This topic applies to policy configuration for NetBackup for VMware. You can use the Query Builder to enter rules for the automatic selection of VMware virtual machines for backup.

In NetBackup terminology, a host folder is a folder that has been defined within a VMware datacenter. A host folder can contain ESX servers or clusters, as well as other folders. For example:

Folder_1
       ESX1
       ESX2
       subfolder_A
                 ESX3
                 ESX4
       subfolder_B
                 ESX_5
                 ESX_6

If you want NetBackup to select all the virtual machines within the top-level folder and any subfolders, use the Contains or StartsWith operator. For example:

HostFolder Contains "Folder_1"

If you want NetBackup to select the virtual machines within a subfolder only (such as subfolder_A), use the Contains or Equal operator. For example:

HostFolder Equal "Folder_1/subfolder_A"

In this case, NetBackup includes only the virtual machines that reside on servers ESX3 and ESX4.

For host folders, these operators work the same as they do for resource pools. For further query builder examples, refer to the following topic (substitute host folder for resource pool in the examples):

See Query rules for resource pools.