Client Name Selection

Specifies the type of name by which NetBackup recognizes a virtual machine.

VM hostname

The network host name for the virtual machine. The host name is available only when the virtual machine is running. If you select VM hostname but the virtual machine is not running at the time of the backup, the backup may fail.

VM display name

The name of the virtual machine as it appears in the Hyper-V Manager console.

Note:

NetBackup for Hyper-V does not currently support virtual machine display names that contain Chinese characters. If the display name contains such characters, select VM hostname or VM GUID.

VM GUID

The unique ID assigned to the virtual machine when the virtual machine was created.

Note: If you create a policy and then change the Client Name Selection, you may have to delete the virtual machine selections on the Clients tab. Otherwise, NetBackup may no longer be able to identify the virtual machines to back up.

For example, if you change the Client Name Selection from VM hostname to VM display name, and the display names of the virtual machines are different from the host names, the host names in the Clients tab cannot be used and the virtual machines are not backed up. You must delete the host name entries on the Clients tab and browse the network to select the virtual machines by display name.

Note:

When creating virtual machines, use the same name for both host name and display name. If the Client Name Selection is changed, the existing entries on the Clients tab still work.