VMware backup issue
John - no versions specified, so assuming v7.7.2.
See:
NetBackup 7.7.2 for VMware Administrator's Guide
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000100619...see page 85, re: Configure a VMware Intelligent Policy.
...see page 116. re: VMHasRDM flag.
Hi John - I can't know or comment in detail, as I can't see your environment.
Does your 7.5 version of NetBackup have a "Test Query" button/option in the admin GUI ? This will list the VMs which "will be" selected when the VIP query runs when the scheduled run window triggers/fires/starts/opens.
The way we handle exclusions is to add: AND NOT Annotation Contains "NO BACKUP" to the query. Then in the VMWare console we add add an annotaion with the words NO BACKUP and the reason why.
It works well, and is easy to manage and self documenting.