Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Dynamic container behavior

When adding a dynamic container using the Recursive Protection checkbox, all the child entities including the subcontainers get added to the AUI. Virtual machines or vApps residing in the subcontainers will get added automatically to the AUI.

If a virtual machine client is deleted from a container in vCenter, and that container was being protected as a dynamic container in the AUI, that virtual machine client will continue to exist in Avamar as part of that dynamic container. However, the icon changes change color from blue to gray. This enables past backups to be used for future restores. However, no new backups will occur because the virtual machine client no longer exists in vCenter.

If you need to delete or retire one or more virtual machine clients from an Avamar dynamic container, you must first change that container to a static container. An alternative method is to move those virtual machine clients to another container in vCenter.