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Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Previously to Veeam 7 the following grouping expression worked

CASE WHEN IndexOf(Name,"replica") > 0 THEN "Replica"
when IndexOf(Name,"Replica") > 0 then "Replica"
when IndexOf(Name,"Clone") > 0 then "Clone"
when IndexOf(Name,"clone") > 0 then "Clone"
when IndexOf(Name,"Test") > 0 then "Test"
when IndexOf(Name,"test") > 0 then "Test"
when IndexOf(Name,"_lab") > 0 then "Test"
when IndexOf(Name,"_Lab") > 0 then "Test"

ELSE "Production"
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Now, > and < are no longer supported, only = in version 7. Not sure how to workaround that.
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Matthew, this is unexpected behavior. Let me check it with the dev team. I will update this topic once I have more details.
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Just a quick note, I only tested the < > with IndexOf inside a CASE
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Matthew,

It seems like a bug in v7, we will address it in patch 1 which is coming very soon. In order to help you with the current issue, can you please tell me what you're trying to achieve and what are the names of your VMs you're trying to categorize?

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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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For some reason I didn't get a notification via email of your reply.

Our Test and Replica VMs need to be automatically catogorised so that we can ignore certain alarms. (snapshot of of a test replica for a developer for example).

It needs to be automatic. its absolute chaos for us without it. (random alerts).
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Hi, Matthew, can you provide us with the Virtual Machine name examples, so that, we can try to write some other expression that categories VM in the same way?

Thanks.
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Hi,

They would be named something like" VM1_replica_A, VM1_replica_B, VM2_clone, VM2_test
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Actually, in order to create a required grouping expression it’s necessary to understand the exact Virtual Machine names. Assuming that phrases such as “test”, “_lab”, etc. are added to the end of the job name (in other words, typical VM name is “Virtual Machine_lab” or “Virtual Machine Test”, you can use something like this:

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CASE WHEN Right(Name, 4) = "_Lab" THEN "Test" 
CASE WHEN Right(Name, 4) = "_lab" THEN "Test"
CASE WHEN Right(Name, 4) = "Test" THEN "Test"
***************etc***********************
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Hi Vladimir,

That doesn't really work for us, as our grouping expression use names containing 'replica' / 'test' which are not allows only from the right.

For example, using Matthews expression, these VM's would used to be categorized:

Virtual_Lab_106-S_Subnet_1_255
dbserver_replica_S
Machine Test App -vnx3100
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Then, it seems that there is currently no way how you can group these VMs in automatic fashion. However, this bug should be fixed patch#1 that will be released soon.

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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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cant you supply us a hot fix then in the mean time? Or when is patch #1 due?

The biggest issue, is that VM's used for surebackup dont get caught in this rule.... and they have dynamic names, so they cannot be caught by the rule
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Or when is patch #1 due?
The same ETA as for VB&R Patch#2 (November). According to a plan, this bug should be fixed in this patch, if, of course, nothing unexpected is revealed during internal patch testing.

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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Hi,
this issue is not fixed in Veeam One V7R1? I tested it and it still doesn't work.
Bye
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[MERGED] Grouping expression - "Folder" property

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Hi,
we have organized our VMs in a hierarchical tree with folders.
Example:
<customer1>
<linux>
VM1
VM2
<windows>
VM3
VM4
<customer2>
....
Is it possible to group VMs by the 1st hierarchic level (here: customer)?
I tried grouping expressions only with "Folder" (returns the names of the leaves of the tree) or with IndexOf (is there any possibilty to create an expression if one strings contains a specific substring?)

Any ideas?

Many thanks
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Do you mean Veeam ONE v7 R2?
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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Yes, sorry. 7.0.0.912.
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Ok, let me check it with the devs tomorrow.
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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We have confirmed this bug and have already started working on the hotfix. Please open a support case to be notified about its availability. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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Re: Broken grouping expression since upgrade to 7

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This issue has been fixed in the patch for Veeam ONE v7R2. You can download it using the same KB link > http://forums.veeam.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=19698
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