Groups And Policy Management; Groups And Group Behavior - EMC Avamar 6.1 User Manual

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Groups and policy management

Groups and group behavior

Default Proxy Group
Default Virtual Machine Group
vCenter groups
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Valid connection states are Active and Idle.
Connections to the vCenter can be stopped, started, and restarted. Stop the connections
for vCenter upgrades, and start them when the upgrade has completed. If vCenter is
shutdown, connections become invalid and must be reestablished. If this occurs,
windows such as the New Client dialog box do not display vCenter structure or virtual
machines.
This topic discusses how to use Avamar groups, and policy management features to
manage the Avamar for VMware Image backup and restore feature.
This topic discusses special groups and important behavioral differences related to
Avamar for VMware image backup and restore.
By default, the Default Proxy Group is where proxies reside. This group cannot be deleted.
Enabling the Default Proxy Group does not conflict with scheduled backups performed by
other plug-ins configured on the proxy client.
By default, the Default Virtual Machine Group is where new virtual machine clients are
automatically added when they are registered. This group cannot be manually deleted but
is automatically deleted if the vCenter domain is deleted.
Any group created under a vCenter server automatically becomes a "vCenter" group. This
group behaves similar to non-vCenter groups except that it also provides to ability to
specify which proxies are assigned to perform backups on behalf of its group members.