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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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  Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events  |  Searching for Systems and Events  |  Basic and Advanced Search   

Basic and Advanced Search

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Navigating the Systems and Events Panel
»Viewing the System Overview Page
»Saving Collections
»Customizing System or Cluster Collections
»Customizing Event Collections
»System Table View Page
»Cluster Table View Page
»Event Table View Page
»Searching for Systems and Events
Basic and Advanced Search
»Performing a Basic Search
»Performing an Advanced Search for Systems
»Deleting System Search Results
»Printing System Search Results
»Performing an Advanced Search for Events
»Deleting Event Search Results
»Printing Event Search Results
»Performing an Advanced Search for Clusters
»Deleting Cluster Search Results
»Printing Cluster Search Results
»Search Criteria
»Reference
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Basic Search
» Advanced Search
» Related Procedures
» Related Topic

Basic Search

The Search feature enables you to quickly retrieve details about a system using its name or common system attributes. The search field only allows the following characters to be entered: letters, numbers, tilde, dash, period, underscore, apostrophe, and space. Click [View] to search for the indicated system.

The Search Results displays a list of systems in the database whose names closely resemble the target name. This list of system names is hyperlinked. Clicking a name in the list displays the System Page for that system.

If no systems in the database resemble the target system, the Search Results indicate that no entries meet the criteria and gives you the option to search again by performing an advanced search.

Advanced Search

To access the Advanced Search page, click the Advanced Search hyperlink in the Search panel.

You can create a system, event, or cluster search by selecting various options in the search type selection box at the top of the Advanced Search page. Then you can specify the criteria to be used in the search. If you make selections in a particular box, the values offered in the subsequent selection boxes are updated as appropriate. The result of running a search is a collection. The criteria selected can also be saved as a collection, so the search can be run again at a later date. The saved collections are stored in the Systems and Events panel as Systems or Events. These collections can be saved as private or shared.

Hierarchical Displays

Some search criteria require hierarchical displays. Examples of hierarchical criteria are Operating System, Event Type, and Software/Firmware.

In these cases, the comparison selection box is replaced by a selection box containing the appropriate English for that particular tree level. The most complex of these cases is the Software/Firmware criteria. When Software/Firmware is selected, a series of search criteria are added below in a tree format:

  • system type is

  • and operating system is

  • and software/firmware type is

  • and name is

  • and version is

In this case, as selections are made in the higher-level selection boxes, the available selections in lower-level boxes update.

Save As

When you click [Save As], the Save Collection As section displays. Enter a name for the search in the Name field, and select where to save it. Refer to Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Saving Collections for more information.

View

When you click [View], the results of the search displays below the search frame. This functionality enables you to preview the results of the search before saving it or to run a search without saving it.

Related Procedures

» Searching for Systems and Events - Performing a Basic Search
» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Saving Collections
» Searching for Systems and Events - Performing an Advanced Search for Systems
» Searching for Systems and Events - Performing an Advanced Search for Clusters
» Searching for Systems and Events - Performing an Advanced Search for Events

Related Topic

» Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events - Searching for Systems and Events