Usage of special characters like &,*,% etc for specifying the SEEDNAME or the SystemName?
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Usage of special characters like &,*,% etc for specifying the SEEDNAME or the SystemName?

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Article ID: 304141

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Products

VMware Smart Assurance Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

Can I use special characters like &,*,% etc for specifying the IP/Smarts IP SEEDNAME or the SystemName


Environment

SMARTS - All supported releases

Resolution

The SEEDNAME in IP/Smarts IP can be any userdefined string and can include special characters like &,*,% and so on. The following is an example of a seed name entry with special characters which is included  in the seedfile:

<IP_Address> NAMEFORMAT=TM_USESEEDNAME SEEDNAME=HostA&B%*