Specifications

Chapter 7: Search
The search engine of Virtualization Manager has been specifically tailored to
handle the challenges posed by searching large, in-depth, unstructured
information sets, such as the data created from an operational virtualized
environment. You can create search queries for any items of interest within the
entire scope of the virtualized environment. This includes searching for both the
performance and configuration details of the following item types:
l vCenters
l clusters
l data stores
l hosts
l applications
l virtual machines
The installation and configuration process facilitates the establishment of a data
collection process for the defined Virtual Center servers and unmanaged hosts.
This process consists of the following parts:
l It leverages the vendor supplied APIs to access all available data provided
for these objects.
l A discovery process enumerates and explores the configurations of virtual
machines, hosts, data stores, and clusters.
l A Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interrogation of the virtual
machines augments this data set.
The entire process of data collection is repeated at periodic intervals. The end
result is a data repository that accurately represents the configuration, state,
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