Support regexp for datastore autoselect #2038
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When automatically selecting a datastore, use regular expression instead of a simple string search as this will support additional use cases such as when there are datastores with the prefix "DoNotUse_" which should not be selected automatically.
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SUMMARY
When automatically selecting a datastore, use regular expression instead of a simple string search.
This will increase the utility of the autoselect feature to support use cases such as when the user wants to select
ISSUE TYPE
COMPONENT NAME
vmware_guest
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is backwards compatible for simple strings, and since there are limits on special characters allowed in datastore names I believe there shouldn't be any cases where users would need to adjust their input because of this change.