Business view - group vm based on name of ESX host

[johannesk]

Hi,

We want to group vm's with business view and create groups based on part of the name of ESX server (containing = DC1). We indicate in the ESX hostname what datacenter it's located in. This would help us populate backups jobs based on datacenter location.

In the grouping conditions for vm's it's possible to pickup some vcenter properties such as datacenter name and datastore name. But name of the ESX host is not in the list.

Does anyone have a clever way to accomplish this. Preferably a way that has been used successfully already.

regards,
Jóhannes

[RomanK]

Hello Jóhannes,

I probably missed something, but there is a host name property.

Add category > Type: Virtual Machine > Multiple conditions > Add...



Thanks

[johannesk]

yes I did try the Hostname property, and it's the hostname of the vm not the ESX hostname. At least that how it works in our environment running the newest V12.

[jorgedlcruz]

Hello Johannes,
I found a simple way, using expression, as I can not see a visual way of doing it:


Result


Code itself, tune it for your needs:

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CASE
    WHEN (Host = "esxi-zlon-002.jorgedelacruz.es") THEN "VMs in Host 2"
    ELSE "Other"
END

That worked for me, please let us know.

[RomanK]

Hello Jóhannes,

it's the hostname of the vm not the ESX hostname.

I've checked this with the Devs and QA teams and this property must filter by ESXi name. No bugs recorded so far.

In the expressions we are using the short word "Host = " as Jorge mentioned in his code, which must do the same as the drop-down "Host name"

Thanks

[johannesk]

Thanks for checking this and confirming. I must have done something wrong when I tried this with the hostname property earlier. I see now this is just what we need.

A apologize for the mixup on my behalf.