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Inventory, which finds matches to the search criteria in any of the available managed object types.
2 Type one or more search terms into the search field and press Enter.
3 (Optional) If more items are found than can be displayed in the results pane, click Show all.
What to do next
If you are not satisfied with the results of the simple search, perform an advanced search.
Perform an Advanced Search
Using advanced search allows you to search for managed objects that meet multiple criteria. For example,
you can search for virtual machines matching a particular search string which reside on hosts whose names
match a second search string.
Prerequisites
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Open a vSphere Client session to a vCenter Server system
Procedure
1 In the vSphere Client, select View > Inventory > Search to display the advanced search page.
2 Click the icon in the search text box and select the type of object you want to search for.
3 Type one or more search terms into the search text box.
4 (Optional) Refine the search based on additional properties.
a Click Show options.
b From the drop-down menu, select the additional property that you want to use to restrict the
search results. The available properties depend on the type of object you are searching for.
c Select or type the appropriate options for the property you have selected.
d To add more properties, click Add and repeat steps a through c.
An advanced search always finds objects that match all the properties in the list.
5 Click Search.
The search results are displayed below the search specification.
Custom Attributes
You can use custom attributes to associate user-specific meta-information with virtual machines and
managed hosts.
Attributes are the resources that are monitored and managed for all the managed hosts and virtual
machines in your vSphere environment. Attributes’ status and states appear on the inventory panels.
After you create the attributes, set the value for the attribute on each virtual machine or managed host, as
appropriate. This value is stored with vCenter Server and not with the virtual machine or managed host.
Use the new attribute to filter information about your virtual machines and managed hosts. If you no longer
need the custom attribute, remove it. A custom attribute is always a string.
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