Hyper-V Custom Properties

[Jan1987]

Hello

For VMWare i can use Tags for a Category. We have Server with multiple Roles and set a "Role" Tag Category in VMWare.

For Hyper-V i have see now Custom Properties can be added to a Category in BusinessView. But i have a Problem, we have set "Role1, "Role2" in SCVMM as Custom Proberty. in BusinessView i can add only 1 Custom Property per Category?

I have tried to add the second but can not verify. Is here a way to add more Custom Properties to 1 BusinessView Category like VMWare?

Best Regards,
Jan Grimm

[Shestakov]

Hi Jan,
Could you elaborate how you create the Business View categorization?
Do you use grouping expression option or create rules manually? What product version are you at?
Thanks!

[Jan1987]

Could you elaborate how you create the Business View categorization?
Do you use grouping expression option or create rules manually? What product version are you at?

Under VeeamONE Console -> Business View -> Virtual Machines -> Hyper-V i created a Category with name "Funktion" -> Grouping expression -> here i added "CustomProperty("Funktion")" in the expression field -> select not create scvmm custom Properties -> Save

This works great, now we want a second custom property in this category. my idea was to add a second expression "CustomProperty("Funktion2")" bus this failed.

for VMWare we have the same Category and added "Tag("Role")" to it. VMWare use this Tag as Category and all another Tags with Category "Role" will by show in the BusinessView Category.

Is a scenario like VMWare possible for SCVMM? When we export to a excel it shows strange when Hyper-V VM has 3 Columns "Funktion", "Funktion2" and "Funktion3" and VMWare shows alle Roles in the same Column and Category.

We use VeeamONE 9.5.4.4566

best regards,
Jan Grimm

[Shestakov]

I would try to create groups manually with "Multiple conditions" option.
Create there 2 groups with "Custom property" condition.
If you want to use grouping expression instead, please provide the expression text you use now.
Thanks

[Jan1987]

"Multiple conditions" not work, i have to set a specified Custem Property value and can not select the Property itself.

the current expression:
CustomProperty("Funktion")

i wanted and not work:
CustomProperty("Funktion")
CustomProperty("Funktion2")

we want two(or more) CustomProperty Tags from SCVMM in one BusinessView Category.

I have tried with (not work)
CustomProperty("Funktion");CustomProperty("Funktion2")

and (not work)
CustomProperty("Funktion","Funktion2")

best regards,
Jan Grimm

[Shestakov]

"Multiple conditions" not work, i have to set a specified Custem Property value and can not select the Property itself.

Looks like we need to change it to "Custom property name" and "Custom property value". Thanks for the request!
So your goal is to have in one Business View category as many groups as many custom property values you have in 2 custom properties (Funktion and Funktion2). Is that correct?

[Jan1987]

So your goal is to have in one Business View category as many groups as many custom property values you have in 2 custom properties (Funktion and Funktion2). Is that correct?

correct, a better example:

We have Custom Property Name "Funktion1", "Funktion2" and "Funktion3" the follow Values are defined:

• Funktion1: Domain Controller
• Funktion2: SCOM Gateway
• Funktion3: RDS Licensing

at the moment the follow is possible in VeeamONE:

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- BusinessView
  - Virtual Machines
    - Hyper-V
      - Funktion (BusinessView Category)
        - Domain Controller
      - Funktion2 (BusinessView Category)
        - SCOM Gateway
      - Funktion3 (BusinessView Category)
        - RDS Licensing

I can set the Value for "Funktion" to "Domain Controler, SCOM Gateway, RDS Licensing". Then i have this in BusinessView:

Code: Select all

- BusinessView
  - Virtual Machines
    - Hyper-V
      - Funktion (BusinessView Category)
        - Domain Controller, SCOM Gateway, RDS Licensing

This is a bad solution for us, while we have another server that has only SCOM Gateway or RDS Licensing. the goal is to select "SCOM Gateway" and shows all Server that has this "Funktion"

What we want:

Code: Select all

- BusinessView
  - Virtual Machines
    - Hyper-V
      - Funktion (BusinessView Category)
        - Domain Controller
        - SCOM Gateway
        - RDS Licensing
 

With VMWare this is possible a long time while in vSphere you can set multiple Tag Values to one Tag Category, SCVMM has only one Value per Property Name.

[Shestakov]

I would try the following expression

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CASE
WHEN CustomProperty("Funktion") = "server" ||  CustomProperty("Funktion2") = "server" || CustomProperty("Funktion2") = "server" THEN "SERVER"
WHEN CustomProperty("Funktion") = "mail" ||  CustomProperty("Funktion2") = "mail" || CustomProperty("Funktion2") = "mail" THEN "MAILSERVER"
END

[Jan1987]

With this I have the error: Expression is incorrect.

Second test with only CustomProperty("Funktion1") = "server" THEN "SERVER" and have the same error.

At the moment i see only one solution:
Create the category as multiple condition and add all CustomProperty values by hand as a separate group. very much effort

[Shestakov]

hm, strange. I'll ask developers to participate

[bw3d]

just use "customproperty" in low case :

CASE
WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" THEN "SERVER"
WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "mail" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "mail" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "mail" THEN "MAILSERVER"
END

[Jan1987]

CASE
WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" THEN "SERVER"
WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "mail" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "mail" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "mail" THEN "MAILSERVER"
END

Thank you, this work

But i have created now a PS Script who generate the above Case an exporting to a txt file. So i can open and make copy paste. Now the Problem:
Here are 13'920 characters at the moment. in VeeamONE in can paste all lines but then the verfiy failed. i can only add 5 - 6 Lines for a success verify.

Has the expression a character limitation?

[Shestakov]

As far as I'm concerned there is no such a limitation. In future versions we will make UI more user friendly so it will highlight what failed the verification.

[Jan1987]

OK, i will open a Case. i can't find a problem with the expression i added.
have added WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" || customproperty("Funktion2") = "server" THEN "SERVER" line for line and after 5 lines i have a verify error. when i use only the last line after error it works for 5 lines.

a little bit tricky to explain

[Shestakov]

Once you have a support case number, please post it here for reference.
Thanks

[Jan1987]

Hello

Here is the support case: #03462113

for the problem with expression length i have now a hotfix. have see is a top issues in the issue tracker. Now the problem is that the expression not work when i use
"WHEN customproperty("Funktion") = "server""

[Shestakov]

Thanks for the update, Jan.
Please keep working with the support to resolve the issue with expression.