Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Edit a rule

When editing a rule, ensure that rules are mutually exclusive, to avoid the situation where a virtual machine might qualify under multiple rules.

1. In the AUI navigation pane on the left, click , and then click Setting.
2. Click the Rule tab.
3. In the domain tree, select a vCenter domain or subdomain for the client.
4. In the Setting page, complete the following tasks:
   1. Select a folder that contains a VMware entity.
   2. Select a rule from the list that you want to edit, and then click EDIT.
      The Edit Rule window is displayed.
5. In the Rule Name field, type a name for the rule.
6. In the Match Type field, select whether the rule should match Any of the listed filter mechanisms, or All of them.

   This selection allows you to configure multiple different filters to select VMs, and to determine how these filters interact with one another to select the correct virtual machines. For example, you might create a filter that uses a virtual machine folder path to select virtual machines, and another filter that uses a virtual machine naming convention.

   Use this option to determine which virtual machines are included under this rule:

   • To include only virtual machines that are in the defined folder path and also follow the naming convention, select All.

     This step excludes virtual machines that are in the folder path but that do not follow the naming convention. It also excludes virtual machines that follow the naming convention but are not in the folder path.

   • To include any virtual machines that are either in the virtual machine folder path or that follow the naming convention, select Any.
7. To add a filter:
   1. Click .
      This step adds a row to the list of filters.
   2. In the Filter column, select a filter type.
      For example, to create a filter that uses a virtual machine naming convention, select VM Name, or to create filter that uses a vCenter VM Tag, select VM Tag.
   3. In the Operator column, select the operand.
      For example, if VM Name is selected for the filter type and begins with is selected for the operand, then all virtual machines whose names begin with the filter text is selected.
   4. In the Value column, type the filter text.
      For example, to create a filter that selects all virtual machines whose names begin with the text string HR_, select VM Name for the filter type, begins with for the operand, and type HR_ for the filter text.
8. To create additional filters, click .
   This step adds a row to the list of filters.
9. To delete an existing filter:
   1. Select the filter.
   2. In the Actions column, click Delete.
10. Click SUBMIT.
    Changes made to tags may experience a delay of up to 12 hours before being enforced. For this reason, edit tags with caution, or perform a synchronized vCenter operation, which automatically synchronizes the vCenter with the Avamar server.