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2 (Optional) To display an item in the inventory, click that item in the search results.
3 (Optional) To see more search results or more details about the search results, click Show All Results.
a (Optional) To see additional information about the object, select an object in the results table.
b (Optional) To display that item in the inventory, double-click any item in the search results.
The search results are listed in a table. If diering types of objects are found, the table contains tabs for
each type of object. For example, if a search nds hosts and datastores, the following tabs appear:
Datastore, showing only datastore results and Host, showing only host results.
Perform a Simple Search
A simple search checks all types of objects for a specied search term within the object name.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home screen, click New Search
2 Type the search term in the search box and press Enter.
Multiple search terms in a quick or simple search are treated as if they are connected by ORs. For
example, searching for example machine nds all objects with names containing either "example" or
"machine".
The search results are listed in a table. If diering types of objects are found, the table contains tabs for
each type of object. For example, if a search nds hosts and datastores, the following tabs appear:
Datastore, showing only datastore results and Host, showing only host results.
3 (Optional) To see additional information about the object, select the object in the results table.
4 (Optional) To display an item in the inventory, double-click that item in the search results.
Perform an Advanced Search
With Advanced search, you can search for managed objects that meet multiple criteria.
For example, you can use specic strings to search for virtual machines residing on a particular host.
Procedure
1 From the vSphere Web Client Home, click New Search and then click Advanced Search.
2 Select the type of object to search for from the Search for drop-down menu.
3 Select how to combine the search criteria.
Option Description
any
The search returns results that match any of the specied criteria.
all
The search returns only results that match all the specied criteria.
4 Select a property to search for from the drop-down menu.
The properties available depend on the type of object you are searching for.
5 Select the relationship between the search term and the property from the drop-down menu.
The options available in this step depend on the property selected in the previous step. For example, if
you select a Name property, the options available are contains, is, and is not.
6 Type or select the search term.
7 (Optional) To add additional search criteria, click Add new criteria and repeat step 4 to step 6.
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