The Global search helps you to locate and filter a resource in the resource tree. It is available at the top of the left pane.
You can locate and filter the resources using the following methods:
- Type the complete or partial resource name in the Search text box and then
press Enter. The resource is displayed with its path in resource tree. If a
resource is available at different nodes, the path for each node is displayed.
For example:
- If the resources count is large, it is recommended to use the search refinement option as follows:
- Type the @ character in the search text box after the search string.For example, to search the port CL1-A, type as follows:
CL1-A@
The refinement menu appears.
- Select the required probe type, resource type, and attribute name (optional).
The resources that match the search are shown as a part of a filtered tree.
- The search result is shown in the left pane. You can perform the following operations with the search result:
- Click the search result to expand the node level.
- Click the node or any intervening level to open the corresponding resource reports in the Reports pane.Note: If the search query does not match any result, then the following message appears:
No results matched for “search-string”.
- To exit the search, click the
button. This resets the tree view and search box, but retains the reports in the Reports pane.
- Type the @ character in the search text box after the search string.
- When you search (without search refinement option), the global search
feature by default searches the following list of metrics:
- Name
- IP Address or IP
- Serial Number
- WWN
- Node WWN
- FC WWN
- Port WWN
- Management IP Address
For example, you can search a VM by its IP address as shown in the following screenshot:
- The search result includes the shortest node path within a target system.
For example, suppose the LDEV 00:00:30 is available under the following nodes in target Hitachi storage systems and VMware vCenter Server:
- Storage Systems > Hitachi > VSP G/VSP F/VSP E > Storage-System-Instance > LDEVs
- Storage Systems > Hitachi > VSP G/VSP F/VSP E > Storage-System-Instance > Parity Groups > Pool Parity Groups > Pool-Parity-Groups-Instance > LDEV
- Hypervisors > VMware > Data Centers > Data-Center-Instance > Compute Resources > Compute-Resources-Instance > Hitachi LDEVs
- Hypervisors > VMware > Data Centers > Data-Center-Instance > Datastores > Datastores-Instance > Disks > Disks-Instance > Hitachi LDEVs
In this case, when you search for the LDEV 00:00:30, the search result will be as follows:
