The following section explains the rules that can be used while creating a Smart Client Computer Group as well as real-world examples describing why and how to specify the condition and build the rule. You can use a combination of the following rules to customize your Smart Client Computer Group.
Note
For the Smart Client Computer Groups that are automatically created, the software defines several default rules. You must not edit these default rules.
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Agents Installed |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific set of agents. |
To group all client computers with the Oracle and Windows File System agents installed, select the following:
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Associated client group |
Use this rule to associate existing client computer groups to another client computer group. |
To group all client computers in the Sales client group or the Engineering client group into a single group, select the following:
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Associated Client Group List |
Use this rule to associate existing client computer groups to another client computer group. |
To group all client computers in the Sales client group or the Engineering client group into a single group, select the following:
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Associated Library Name |
Use this rule to group client computers that use the same storage library. |
To group all client computers with subclients that use the same storage library, select the following:
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Associated Storage Policy |
Use this rule to group client computers that use a specified storage policy. |
To group all client computers that use the CommServeDR storage policy, select the following:
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Associated Storage Policy List |
Use this rule to group client computers that use specified storage policies. |
To group all client computers that use the SP001 or SP002 storage policy, select the following:
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Backup activity enabled |
Use this rule to group client computers that have backup activity enabled. |
To group all client computers that have backup activity enabled, select the following:
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Case manager hold clients |
Use this rule to group client computers that have been added as assets to a case in Case Manager for Compliance Search. |
To group all client computers that were added as assets to a case in Case Manager for Compliance Search:
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Client |
1Touch Enabled Use this rule to group 1-Touch enabled client computers. |
To group 1-Touch enabled client computers, select the following:
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CS Client Use this rule to group all CommServe client computers. |
To group all CommServe client computers, select the following:
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Edge Drive Use this rule to group all Edge Drive-enabled client computers. |
To group all Edge Drive-enabled client computers, select the following:
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Exchange DAG Use this rule to group all Exchange DAG Clients. |
To group all Exchange DAG client computers, select the following:
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Failover linked CommServe client Use this rule to group all failover-linked CommServe clients. |
To group all failover-linked CommServe clients, select the following:
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Installed Use this rule to group all client computers in your CommCell environment (that have Commvault packages installed). |
To group all client computers in your CommCell environment:
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Laptop Client Use this to group all clients which are laptops. |
To group clients which are laptops, select the following:
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Licensed Use this rule to create a group for one of the following:
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To group client computers that do not consume a license, select the following:
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MediaAgent Use this to group all clients which have a MediaAgent installed. |
To group all MediaAgents, select the following:
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MediaAgent associated to Storage Policy for log shipping Subclient Use this rule to group all MediaAgents associated to a storage policy for log shipping subclient. |
To group such MediaAgents, select the following:
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MediaAgents with DDB Partitions Use this rule to group all MediaAgents with database partitions. |
To group such MediaAgents, select the following:
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MSSQL AG Use this rule to group all Microsoft SQL Server Agents. |
To group Microsoft SQL Server Agents, select the following:
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NAS Client Use this to group all Network-attached Storage (NAS) clients. |
To group all NAS clients, select the following:
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Oracle RAC Use this to group all Oracle RAC databases. |
To group all Oracle RAC databases:
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Physical Node of a Cluster Use this to group all physical nodes of clusters. |
To group all cluster physical nodes:
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Reference Copy Use this rule to group all reference copy clients. |
To group all reference copy clients:
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Virtual (Cluster Node) Use this to group Virtual clients of the Cluster. |
To group all Virtual clients of the cluster, select the following:
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Virtual (VSA Discovered) Use this rule to group all virtual machines that have the Virtual Server agent. Note To preview the list of virtual machines in a smart client computer group, configure the CommCell Browser to show virtual machines. |
To group all virtual machines which have the Virtual Server agent, select the following:
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Client acts as proxy |
Use this rule to group client computers that have been assigned as a proxy. |
To group all client computers that have been assigned as a proxy, select the following:
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Client associated with plan |
Use this rule to group client computers that are associated with a specific plan. |
To group all client computers that are associated with the Gold Plan, select the following:
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Client by Schedule Interval |
Use this rule to group client computers that match a specific schedule interval. |
To group clients that have are associated with a weekly schedule interval, select the following:
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Client CIDR Address Range |
Use this rule to group client computers by the CIDR (Classless Inter-Domain Routing) address range. The rule can group client computers that are included in or excluded from a specific CIDR address range. To define the range, for one client, enter the physical IP address and netmask separated by a comma (,): physical_IP_address,netmask. The host minimum and host maximum are calculated from the information for the single client. |
To group all clients with a physical IP address included in the address range calculated by IP address 255.255.255.3 and netmask 24, select the following:
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Client version v11 and service pack |
Servers that have Version 11 and matches a specific service pack. |
To group servers that have Version 11 and Service Pack 18 installed:
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Client description |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific client description. |
To group all client computers that contain "test client" in the client description, select the following:
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Client excluded from SLA report |
Use this rule to group client computers that are excluded from a Service Level Agreement (SLA) report. |
To group client computers that are excluded from a Service Level Agreement (SLA) report, select the following:
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Client Group |
Use this rule to associate existing client computer groups to another client computer group. |
To group a sales client group and an engineering client group into a single admin group, select the following:
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Client is not ready |
Use this rule to group client computers with client status as not ready. |
To group client computers that are not ready, select the following:
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Client Name |
Use this rule to group the client computers with a specific client name. |
To group all client computers in the sales department that start with "Sales_", select the following:
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Client Display Name |
Use this rule to group the client computers with a specific display name. |
To group all client computers in the sales department with the display name starting with "Sales_", select the following:
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Client needs Updates |
Use this rule to group client computers that require Updates to be installed. |
To group client computers that require Updates to be installed, select the following:
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Client offline (days) |
Use this rule to group client computers that are offline the number of days defined by the user. |
To group client computers that are offline for three days, select the following:
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Client online (days) |
Use this rule to group all client computers based on the number of days the client computers are online. |
To group all client computers that are online for 10 days or more, select the following:
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Client Online in Last 30 Days |
Use this rule to group client computers that were online in the last 30 days. |
To group all client computers that are were online in the last 30 days, select the following:
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Client uses storage policy |
Use this rule to group client computers that use the specified storage policy. |
To group all client computers that use the specified storage policy, select the following:
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Client Version |
Use this rule to group client computers from a specific Commvault version. |
To group all 8.0 version client computers, select the following:
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Client Version Same as CS Version |
Use this rule to group client computers that have the same software version as that on the CommServe computer. |
To group client computers that have the same software version as that on the CommServe computer, select the following:
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Clients by Permission |
Use this rule to group client computers that have security associations that include the specified permissions. All of the permissions in the CommServe database are listed as available values. |
To group client computers that have a security association that includes the Administrative Management permission, select the following:
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Clients by Role |
Use this rule to group client computers that have security associations that include the specified roles. All of the roles in the CommServe database are listed as available values. |
To group client computers that have a security association that includes the Master role, select the following:
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Clients discovered using VSA Subclient |
Use this rule to include all virtual machines from a Virtual Server Agent subclient. You can select a virtualization client, Virtual Server instance, or backup set to include virtual machines from all subclients under the selected entity. Note: To preview the list of virtual machines in a smart client computer group, configure the CommCell Browser to show virtual machines. |
To group all virtual machines from the specified subclient, select the following:
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Clients with attached storages |
Use this rule to group client computers that have MediaAgents installed and have any storage library (tape, disk and cloud) configured on them. |
To group client computers that have MediaAgent installed and storage library configured, select the following:
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Clients with Front End Terabyte <= 10GB |
Use this rule to group servers with application size lesser than or equal to 10 GB. |
To group servers with application size more than 10 GB:
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Clients with no Archive Data |
Use this rule to group client computers meet the following criteria:
Note Deconfigured clients with backup data stored in tape media that are not recycled, are not added to the client group. To view deconfigured clients with tape media containing aged jobs, see Viewing Deconfigured Clients With Aged Jobs. |
To group all client computers that meet the criteria, select the following:
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Clients with OnePass enabled |
Use this rule to group all client computers where OnePass is enabled. |
To group all client computers where OnePass is enabled, select the following:
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Clients With Backup Schedule |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have scheduled backups. |
To group all client computers that have backup schedules, select the following:
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Clients with improperly deconfigured subclients |
Use this rule to group client computers that have improperly deconfigured subclients. The subclients could have been deconfigured due to a system error, but the CommServe database still shows the clients as configured. |
To group all client computers with improperly deconfigured subclients, select the following:
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Clients with long Running Jobs |
Use this rule to group client computers that have jobs running for more than the specified number of days. |
To group client computers that have jobs running for 5 or more days, select the following:
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Clients with Subclients having associated storage policy |
Use this rule to group client computers based on storage policy association on subclients. Note All of the backup, restore, or data aging activities must be selected for the client computer at the client, agent, and subclient level. If any activity is disabled, the client will not be included in this smart client computer group. |
To group all client computers having subclients with associated storage policies, select the following:
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Client With Synthetic Full Backup N Days |
Use this rule to group client computers based on the number of days since the last synthetic full backup operation on the client computers. |
To group all client computers that ran a synthetic full backup in the last 3 days, select the following:
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CommCell Pseudo Client |
Use this rule to group the CommServe psuedo client computers. |
To group the CommServe pseudoclient computers, select the following:
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Company Client Provider Associations |
Use this rule to group all client computers that are associated with a company. |
To group all client computers that are associated with Company1, select the following:
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Company Installed Client Associations |
Use this rule to group all clients computers installed by any user associated with a company. |
To group all client computers that are installed by a user associated with Company1, select the following:
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Days since client created |
Use this rule to group all client computers based on the number of days since the creation of the client computers. |
To group all client computers that were created in the last 5 days, select the following:
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Days since last backup |
Use this rule to group all client computers based on the number of days since last backup operation on the client computers. |
To group all client computers that were backed up in the last 5 days, select the following:
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External group as client owner |
Use this rule to group client computers that have specific external user groups in the User Groups box on the Security tab of the Client Computer Properties dialog box. |
To display the list of client computers that have the "EngAdmin" user group as the client owner, select the following:
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External group as client owner |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have a specific external group as a client owner. |
To group all client computers containing ext in the external group name that was assigned as a client owner, select the following:
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Hostname |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific host name. |
To group all client computers that contains "mydomain.mycompany.com" in the hostname, select the following:
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HyperScale nodes of the storage pool |
Use this rule to group all HyperScale nodes in a storage pool. |
To group all HyperScale nodes in a a storage pool select the following:
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Inactive AD user as client owner |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have an inactive Active Directory (AD) user as a client owner. |
To group all client computers that have an inactive Active Directory (AD) user as a client owner, select the following:
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Local user group as client owner |
Use this rule to group client computers that have specific local user groups in the User Groups box on the Security tab of the Client Computer Properties dialog box. |
To group all client computers that have the "master" user group as the client owner, select the following:
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MediaAgent has Lucene Index Role List |
Use this rule to group all MediaAgents with specific Analytics Engine roles. |
To group all MediaAgents with the SOLR or Web Analytics Analytics Engine role, select the following:
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MediaAgent has Lucene Index Roles |
Use this rule to group all MediaAgents with a specific Analytics Engine role. |
To group all MediaAgents with the Edge Drive Analytics Engine role, select the following:
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MediaAgents for clients in group |
Use this rule to group clients that have a valid MediaAgent installed and are associated with a client computer group. A MediaAgent is not valid if both of the following are true:
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To group all clients that have a MediaAgent installed and are associated with the "Backup" client computer group, select the following:
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MediaAgents for clients in group list |
Use this rule to group clients that have a valid MediaAgent installed and are associated with client computer groups. A MediaAgent is not valid if both of the following are true:
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To group all clients that have a MediaAgent installed and are associated with the Analytics Servers or Infrastructure client computer group, select the following:
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OS Type |
Use this rule to group the client computers with a specific operating system type, for examples, Windows or Unix. |
To group all Windows client computers, select the following:
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OS Version |
Use this rule to group the client computers with a specific operating system version, for example, Windows 2012 R2. |
To group all Windows 2012 R2 client computers, select the following:
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Package Installed |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific package installed on the client computer. |
To group all client computers that have Oracle Agent installed, select the following:
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Product Version |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific Commvault package installed on the client computer. |
To group all client computers that have Commvault Version x Service Pack y installed, select the following:
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Pseudo Clients |
Use this rule to group all the pseudo client computers excluding the CommServe pseudo client computers. |
To group the pseudoclient computers, select the following:
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Restore activity enabled |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have restore activity enabled. |
To group all client computers that have restore activity enabled, select the following:
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SnapBackup clients |
Use this rule to group client computers that have IntelliSnap enabled. |
To group all client computers that have intellisnap enabled and have storage libraries attached, do the following:
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Strikes Count |
Use this rule to group client computers based on the number of consecutive backup failures. Strike count refers to the number of backup failures on the client computer. When the backup job succeeds after multiple backup failures, the strike count is reset to 0. |
To group all client computers that have a minimum of 3 strike counts, select the following:
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Subclient Name |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific subclient name. |
To display the list of client computers that have "default" subclients, select the following:
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Timezone |
Use this rule to group client computers with a specific time zone. |
To group all client computers with the same time zone, select the following:
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Timezone List |
Use this rule to group client computers with specific time zones. |
To group all client computers in the Central America or Arizona time zone, select the following:
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Timezone Region List |
Use this rule to group client computers with time zones in specific regions, such as Africa or South America. |
To group all client computers with time zones in Australia or the Pacific ocean, select the following:
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User as client owner |
Use this rule to group client computers that have specific users in the Users box on the Security tab of the Client Computer Properties dialog box. |
To display the list of client computers that have "admin" as the client owner, select the following:
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User Client Provider Associations |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have a specific user association. |
To group all client computers that are associated with "user1," select the following:
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User description contains |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have client owners with the specified text in the user properties description box. |
To group all client computers that have client owners with "administrator" in the user properties description box, select the following:
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User Group Client Provider Associations |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have a specific user group association. |
To group all client computers that are associated with "testgroup," select the following:
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User Group description contains |
Use this rule to group all client computers that have client owners with the specified text in the user group properties description box. |
To group all client computers that have client owners with "administrator" in the user group properties description box, select the following:
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