Specifications

Chapter 7: Search
performance, and utilization of the virtual infrastructure. This data repository is
queried by the search service of Virtualization Manager, and the data is available
for analysis.
Several items on the dashboard perform a search and show results on the search
page. The query for the search is pre-populated in the search bar. Many times,
you can edit this search to modify the results. However, you can also create
search queries from scratch. For more information, see Searching for objects in
Virtualization Manager.
Searching for objects in Virtualization Manager
The Search bar is located at the top of the Virtualization Manager user interface.
The previous image shows a simple query, “*”.
To start a search:
1. Select the type of objects from the list you want to search for. You can
search for applications, clusters, datastores, hosts, and VMs.
2. Type the search query in the search bar.
3. Click Search, or press Enter.
For example, to search for nodes which have been added to the system
recently, execute the following search query:
vm.internal.dateCreated:[now-7days TO *]
After executing the query, you can build alerts based on the search
results. For more information, see Alerts.
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