We are a service provider with a lot of VM backups on a lot of different customers. We let the customers on they own decide what WM's to backup and not with the tagging option. For example, if a customer tag the VM with "NoBackup", that VM will automatically be excluded from VM backup. And if they later remove the tag from the VM, it will automatically be included in backup. The problem is that even if the VM is excluded from backup it will still be included in SLA as missed backup. We got a tip that we can create a server group in command center with automatic rule that includes all VM's with "NoBackup" tag and then disable that server group and that way exclude that from SLA. The problem with that is that the whole client is disabled and excluded. Inclusive agent backups. This means that if a customer disables the VM backup and still need to backup an application via agent backup, above method isn?t applicable. We need a method where only VM backup automatically is excluded when it's tagged with a certain tag that doesn't affect agent backups.
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