David,

My best practice is to use the VMFOLDER option and drop the VM's you want
to backup in that VM folder.

But I agree there should be better options to build your VM list..



2013/11/22 Erwann Simon <erwann.simon AT free DOT fr>

> Another idea would be to allow wildcards for the vmname parameter of the
> backup vm command (object field in a schedule). But it's not allowed, sadly.
>
>
>
> "Ehresman,David E." <deehre01 AT LOUISVILLE DOT EDU> a écrit :
> >I am trying to set up a schedule that backs up all the VMs on a HOST
> >whose vmname ends in -NR.  So here is what I have:
> >
> >   Action: Backup
> >Subaction: VM
> >  Options: -vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm
> >            -asnodename=MITC-NR  -domain.vmfull="VMHOST=v-
> >           mware10.it-servers.louisville.edu;VM=*-NR;-VM-
> >            =tsmpbw*,sp2010sql*,Print*,test-clus-sp*"
> >            -MODE=IFIncremental
> >
> >What this appears to do is back up all the VMs on the specified VMHOST
> >and all the VMs anywhere that end with -NR.  Is there any way to tell
> >VME to backup all the VMs that match a pattern AND are on a specified
> >HOST?
> >
> >David
>
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