Specifications
Grouping
You can use parentheses to group clauses to form sub-queries. This can be
useful to control the Boolean logic for a query. To search for either "Microsoft" or
"VMware" and "Server", use the following query:
(Microsoft OR VMware) AND Server
The previous query eliminates any confusion, and makes sure that a server must
exist, and that either the term Microsoft or VMware may exist.
Field grouping
You can also use parentheses to group multiple clauses to a single field. To
search for a VM that contains both the word "Server" and the phrase "Oracle
Database", use the following query:
VM:(+Server +"Oracle Database")
Escaping special characters
To escape special characters that are part of the query syntax, type a backslash
(\) before the special character. The current list of special characters is the
following:
+ - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \
Search query examples
You can search for applications, clusters, data stores, hosts, and virtual machines
in SolarWinds Virtualization Manager. The following table contains examples of
the search queries you can execute. The examples listed in the table are search
queries for virtual machines, but the search language is the same for other types
of entities.
Search query Results
* A list of all virtual machines in
theSolarWinds Virtualization
Managerdata repository
“vm.name:rcarecords-2-test” Returns all VMs
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Grouping