You can rename backups if you want to provide a better name to
improve searchability.
Steps
- In the VMware vSphere web client GUI, click
in the toolbar, and then select VMs and Templates from the drop-down list.
- In the left Navigator pane, select a VM for which you want to rename a backup, then select the Related Objects tab (or More Objects in vCenter 6.5), and then select the Backups tab.
- Select the backup that you want to rename and click
Rename.
- On the Rename Backup dialog box, enter the new name, and click OK.
Do not use the following special characters in VM, datastore, policy, backup, or resource group names:
% & * $ # @ ! \ / : * ? " < > - | ; ' , . An underscore character (_) is allowed.