Multiple search techniques can be used to search for data or objects in your monitored environment.
Wildcard search
You can perform multiple character wildcard search using the * character. For example, applic*n would return application.
Phrases
used in search
A phrase is a group of words surrounded by double quotation marks; for example,
"PAW VNX LUN 5". You can use double quotes to search for documents that
contain spaces in their names or attributes.
Boolean Operators
Using Boolean operators, you can combine multiple terms to
form a more complex query.
- OR
- The OR operator is the default conjunction operator.
If there is no Boolean operator between two terms, the OR
operator is used.
- The OR operator links two terms and finds a matching document if
either of the terms exists in a document.
For example, storage OR netapp
searches for
documents that contain either storage
or
netapp
.
- High scores are given to documents that match most of the terms.
- AND
- You can use the AND operator to find documents in which both the search terms exist in a
single document. For example,
aurora AND netapp
searches for
documents that contain both storage
and netapp
.You can use the symbol && instead of the word AND.
- NOT
- When you use the NOT operator, all the documents that contain the term after
NOT are excluded from the search results. For example,
storage NOT netapp
searches for documents that contains only
storage
and not netapp
.You can use the symbol ! instead of the word NOT.
Prefix and suffix search
- As soon as you start typing a search string, the search engine does a prefix and suffix search to find the best match.
- Exact matches are given a higher score than a prefix or suffix
match. The score is calculated based on the distance of the search term
from the actual search result. For example, we have three
storages:
aurora
, aurora1
, and aurora11
. Searching for aur
will return all three storages. However, the search result for aurora
will have the
highest score because it has the closest distance to the prefix
search string.
- The search engine also searches for terms in reverse order, which allows you to perform a suffix search. For example, when you type
345
in the search box, the search engine searches for 345
.
- Search is case-insensitive.
Search using indexed terms
Searches that match more of the indexed terms result in higher scores.
The search string is split into separate search terms by space. For example, the search
string storage aurora netapp
is split into three keywords: storage
, aurora
, and netapp
. The search is performed using all three
terms. The documents that match most
of these terms will have the
highest score. The more information you provide,
the better are the search results. For example, you can search for
a storage by its name and mode.
The UI displays the search results across categories, with the three top results per category. If you did not find a document that you were expecting, you can include more terms in the search string to improve the search results.
The following table provides a list of indexed terms that can be added to the search string.
Category |
Indexed
terms |
Storage
|
storage
- name
- vendor
- model
|
StoragePool
|
storagepool
- name
- name of the storage
- IP addresses of the storage
- serial number of the storage
- storage vendor
- storage model
- names for all associated internal volumes
- names for all associated disks
|
Internal Volume
|
internalvolume
- name
- name of the storage
- IP addresses of the storage
- serial number of the storage
- storage vendor
- storage model
- name of the storage pool
- names of all associated shares
- names of all associated applications and business entities
|
Volume |
volume
- name
- label
- names of all internal volumes
- name of the storage pool
- name of the storage
- IP addresses of the storage
- serial number of the storage
- storage vendor
- storage model
|
Storage Node |
storagenode
- name
- name of the storage
- IP addresses of the storage
- serialnumber of the storage
- storage vendor
- storage model
|
Host |
host
- name
- IP addresses
- names of all associated applications and business entities
|
Datastore |
datastore
- name
- virtual center IP
- names of all volumes
- names of all internal volumes
|
Virtual Machines
|
virtualmachine
- name
- DNS name
- IP addresses
- name of the host
- IP addresses of the host
- names of all datastores
- names of all associated applications and business entities
|
Switches (regular and NPV) |
switch
- IP address
- wwn
- name
- serial number
- model
- domain ID
- name of the fabric
- wwn of the fabric
|
Application |
application
- name
- tenant
- line of business
- business unit
- project
|
Tape |
tape
- IP address
- name
- serial number
- vendor
|
Port |
|
Fabric |
|