02-24-2016 02:38 PM
How the Query select the VM. Here is the scenario.
Cluster1 - 4 Host - 20 VMs ( VM1,VM2,VM3... VM25 )
Cluster2 - 5 Host - 25 VMs ( VMB1,VMB2.... VMB25 )
Query is
First line Cluster1 - Poweron VM
Second line Cluster2 - Poweron VM
Consider all VMs are in powerd on state. How the selection of VM would be any procedure or random ?
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02-25-2016 03:46 AM
If you actually run the "test query" in the tab on the policy you will see the order that they are resolved in.
It will generally be from the top down and then as they are listed in vCenter
So it should find all Cluster 1's and then Cluster 2's, each by in order by its GUID ID from what i can see.
If you look under the \Windows\Temp directory on your VMware backup host (assuming you are using Windows) you will see the VMUtil-* file created when the discovery ran to see exactly what it did and the machine order.
02-24-2016 03:45 PM
Check this technote if it helps and is what you are looking for
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000068098
02-24-2016 03:50 PM
I think I missed this one for the order of operation
https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.000068125
02-25-2016 03:46 AM
If you actually run the "test query" in the tab on the policy you will see the order that they are resolved in.
It will generally be from the top down and then as they are listed in vCenter
So it should find all Cluster 1's and then Cluster 2's, each by in order by its GUID ID from what i can see.
If you look under the \Windows\Temp directory on your VMware backup host (assuming you are using Windows) you will see the VMUtil-* file created when the discovery ran to see exactly what it did and the machine order.
02-25-2016 06:00 AM
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the update. But the VMUtil-* File contains all the VM in the Vcenter.
How Can I find out which VM has been selected by the Query.
02-25-2016 07:09 AM
As per earlier message .. use the "test query" button on the clients selection tab of the policy to make sure your selection is correct.
That will show the included clients at the top of the list and all others below .. each in GUID order i believe
03-02-2016 03:41 AM
Hi Mark,
Thanks for the update. I see the VMUtil* file contains all VM in the Vcenter with detailed manner.
Is any field in the file say the selecion of the VM. ( like Included / Excluded when we run Test Query ).
03-02-2016 06:00 AM
The selections are usually in one of the xml file which lives on the VMware backup host under \veritas\netbackup\online_util\fi_cntl
But there are a few created during each Query with a huge amount of data in them ... and a set for each vcenter you have ... not sure which contains the "Incldued / Excluded" fields if any.
Best to check while a set of backups are running .. the xml file in question gets deleted after the backup run