Regular expressions can be used to discover user accounts based on unique patterns of display names. For example, regular expressions can be used to discover all user accounts that contain a particular department name within its display name.
When user accounts are discovered using regular expressions, any user account that matches the wildcard expressions are automatically assigned to the associated user-defined subclient. If a user account does not match the expressions, it is automatically assigned to the default subclient.
The following table provides some examples of useful regular expressions:
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Example |
Description |
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user* |
Auto-discovers any user account display name that begins with user followed by any number of any characters (for example, user abc , user 123, and so on). |
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user_group? |
Auto-discovers any user account display name that begins with user_group followed by any one character (for example, user_groupA, user_group1, and so on). |
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[JT]im |
Auto-discovers any user account display name that begins with J or T and ends with im (for example, Jim, Tim). |
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[a-k]Lee |
Auto-discovers any user account display name that begins with any character in the range of a through k inclusive and that ends with Lee (for example, aLee, bLee, and so on) |
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[A-K]* |
You can also use a combination of wildcards in a single expression, if the wildcards are supported for the type of operation you are performing. For example, you can auto-discover all user accounts that display names beginning with any characters in the range of A through K inclusive followed by any number of any characters. |
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[A-Z]*[ ][A-E][A-Z]* |
To skip the entire first name, find the first space and then discover users with last name beginning with the letters A through E. |
Before You Begin
Enable auto discovery of user accounts for a user-defined subclient at the instance level, and then select the Match User Name by regular expressions option.
For steps to enable auto discovery, see Enabling Auto Discovery of User Accounts.
Procedure
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In the CommCell Browser, click Client Computers > client > Cloud Apps > instance.
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Right-click a user-defined subclient, and then click Properties.
The Subclient Properties dialog box is displayed.
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Click the Auto-discovery tab.
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In the Add Display Name Matches below regular expressions box, type a regular expression or wildcard pattern, and click Add. During an auto discovery, the newly discovered user account display names matching that pattern will be assigned to this subclient.
For a comprehensive wildcard list, see Wildcards.
Repeat this step to enter additional wildcard patterns.
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Click OK.
What to Do Next
Run a backup operation on this user-defined subclient to back up all the user accounts that match the given regular expressions you added in the above steps.