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title: "Default Categorization"
description: "[This section does not apply to machines protected by Veeam agents] The embedded Veeam ONE server collects vCenter Server tags and SCVMM custom properties assigned to objects available on the management server side."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vro/categorization/default.html"
breadcrumb: "Group Management Guide > Categorization Model and Methods > Default Categorization"
dateModified: "2026-09-02"
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# Default Categorization

[This section does not apply to machines protected by Veeam agents]

The embedded Veeam ONE server collects vCenter Server tags and SCVMM custom properties assigned to objects available on the management server side. If you have tags and custom properties assigned to virtual infrastructure objects, you can use them to categorize objects in Veeam ONE Client.

Veeam ONE Client uses vCenter Server tags and SCVMM custom properties as one of the default methods of categorization. As soon as you connect virtual infrastructure servers to Orchestrator, all created tags and custom properties are imported into Veeam ONE Client. To learn how to create tag categories and assign tags to infrastructure objects in the vSphere inventory, see [VMware Docs](https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/8.0/vsphere-vcenter-esxi-management/GUID-E8E854DD-AA97-4E0C-8419-CE84F93C4058.html); to learn how to assign custom properties to infrastructure objects in the Hyper-V inventory, see [Microsoft Docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/virtualmachinemanager/new-sccustomproperty?view=systemcenter-ps-2025).

Every time data collection runs, categories are imported as Veeam ONE Business View categories, with tag and custom property values assigned to groups within these categories. Note that the data synchronization process may take more than 3 hours to complete.

::: tip

You can speed up the data synchronization process using Veeam ONE Reporter installed as part of the embedded Veeam ONE server. To do that:

1. In a web browser, navigate to the Veeam ONE Reporter web address. 

   The address consists of an FQDN of the Orchestrator server and the website port specified during installation (by default, **1239**). Note that Veeam ONE Reporter is available over HTTPS.

   `https://<FQDN>:1239/`

2. Navigate to **Data Collection**.
3. Click **Start**.

:::

To import tags and custom properties:

1. Open Veeam ONE Client.
2. On the toolbar, click **Settings** > **Server Settings**.
3. In the **Server Settings** window, switch to the **Business View** tab.
4. In the **Configure import settings to periodically synchronize Business View categorization model with external sources** section, select the **From vCenter Server and System Center Virtual Machine Manager** option.

   ![](images/select_tags.png)

   ::: important

   Categories imported from vCenter Servers and SCVMMs are read-only — you cannot edit or delete them. To remove such categories from the **Business View** tree, select the **Do not import** option. As soon as you disable import, all previously imported categories and groups will be deleted from Veeam ONE Client. All created custom categories and groups will remain unchanged.

   :::

   By default, Veeam ONE Client imports all vCenter Server tags and SCVMM custom properties available on the management server side. To select which tags and properties to import:

   1. In the **Configure import settings to periodically synchronize Business View categorization model with external sources** section, click **Tags**.
   2. In the **Tags Import** window, clear check boxes next to tags that you want to exclude from import.

      To exclude all tags in a category, clear the check box next to the name of the category.

   3. Click **OK** to save settings.

      ![](images/vsphere_tags.png)

5. Click **OK** to close the **Server Settings** window.

::: note

Consider the following:

- If Veeam ONE Client detects vCenter Server tags and SCVMM custom properties with names that are already assigned to categories in Business View, it will exclude them from synchronization.
- If Veeam ONE Client detects tag categories with the same name on multiple vCenter Servers, it will assign tag values from these categories to groups within a single Veeam ONE Business View category.

:::