Hi Evan --
Thanks for the reply.
Datasets are a Protection Manager concept and are not available in Operations Manager. But, I think you get the idea: you add a volume or volumes to a dataset, apply a backup policy and the DFM server discovers newly added qtrees and automatically creates SnapVault relationships for you.
I've got other ideas you can try...
When you say "directories", do you really mean "qtrees"? If you don't need quotas, you can just create top-level directories, back up "filer:/vol/volumename/-" and that will back up all the data that isn't in a qtree. If you're not using qtrees, that has the effect of backing up the entire volume. Then, any time you add a new VM it will be picked up like any other file on the next update.
Anyway, I'll assume you're using qtrees for good reasons. In Operations Manager, there's a report "Qtrees not scheduled for backup" (pick the "Backup" tab, then select the "Storage Systems" subtab, then pick the "Qtrees not scheduled for backup" view). That will tell you which qtrees are not being backed up anywhere and lets you easily configure those qtrees for backup. It's not completely automated but it's not too tedious to check this every few days. Is that still too much micro management?
-- Pete
