Categorization Model and Methods

To present the virtual infrastructure, Veeam ONE Monitor uses the model that includes categories, groups and objects:

• Category is a logical division or a sector of the virtual infrastructure.

Each category includes one or more groups.

• Group is a collection of virtual infrastructure objects that share same characteristics, or match same criteria. You can think of a group as a tag assigned to an object.

Each group includes one or more VMs.

• Objects are categorized elements of the virtual infrastructure.

There are four types of objects you can categorize in Veeam ONE Monitor: clusters, hosts, storage objects and virtual machines. However, to work with failover plans in VAO, you do not need to categorize clusters, hosts or storage objects — you must group virtual machines only.

The following picture illustrates an example of Veeam ONE Monitor categorization model.

In the example above, the categorization model includes categories Department and Purpose.

• Department category includes groups IT, Sales and Support
• Purpose category includes groups Fileservers and Web

Virtual machines numbered 1-8 are included in groups within both categories.

Categorization Methods

To categorize VMs into VM groups, you can use the following methods:

• Tag-Based Categorization — the default method used by Veeam ONE Monitor to import categorization model from the vCenter Server.

If you want to create your own categories, you can disable tag-based categorization and perform categorization based on a single parameter and multiple conditions.

• Single-Parameter Categorization — the method that allows you to create groups automatically based on the values of a single property of a VM.
• Multiple-Condition Categorization — the method that allows you to create groups manually by combining multiple VM properties and logical operators.