Cloning is one option, but a cleaner option may be to group the instances under that DataSource.
It looks like there are several properties that should get discovered by default for every VM instance:
'auto.config.alternate_guest_os_Name': vmConfig?.alternateGuestName, 'auto.config.annotation' : vmConfig?.annotation, 'auto.config.firmware' : vmConfig?.firmware, 'auto.config.guest_os_full_Name' : vmConfig?.guestFullName, 'auto.config.guest_os_id' : vmConfig?.guestId, 'auto.config.managed_by' : vmConfig?.managedBy?.type ?: "false", 'auto.config.modified' : vmConfig?.modified?.getTime(), 'auto.config.template' : vmConfig?.template, 'auto.guest.guest_os_family' : vmGuest?.guestFamily, 'auto.guest.guest_os_full_name' : vmGuest?.guestFullName, 'auto.guest.guest_os_id' : vmGuest?.guestId, 'auto.guest.hostname' : vmGuest?.hostName, 'auto.guest.tools_version' : vmGuest?.toolsVersion, 'auto.guest.tools_version_status' : vmGuest?.toolsVersionStatus2, 'auto.resource_pool' : vm?.resourcePool?.name, 'auto.resource_pool_full_path' : resource_pool_array.reverse().join(' -> '), 'auto.snapshot_count' : vm?.layoutEx?.snapshot?.size(), 'auto.cluster' : esxhost?.parent?.name, 'auto.cluster_full_path' : cluster_path_array.reverse().join(' -> '), 'auto.runtime.host' : esxhost?.name
You could group by any of these by simply setting the "Group method" to "Instance Level Property" and then choosing which property to group by.
Alternatively, you could choose "Regular Expression" as the Group method and define each group with its own regular expression:
For example, if your dev VMs started with "D" and prod VMs started with "P", you would do this:
Development="D.*" Production="P.*"
