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Chapter 7: Search

The search engine of Virtualization Manager has been specifically tailored to

handle the challenges posed by searching large, in-depth, unstructured

information sets, such as the data created from an operational virtualized

environment. You can create search queries for any items of interest within the

entire scope of the virtualized environment. This includes searching for both the

performance and configuration details of the following item types:

l vCenters

l clusters

l data stores

l hosts

l applications

l virtual machines

The installation and configuration process facilitates the establishment of a data

collection process for the defined Virtual Center servers and unmanaged hosts.

This process consists of the following parts:

l It leverages the vendor supplied APIs to access all available data provided

for these objects.

l A discovery process enumerates and explores the configurations of virtual

machines, hosts, data stores, and clusters.

l A Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interrogation of the virtual

machines augments this data set.

The entire process of data collection is repeated at periodic intervals. The end

result is a data repository that accurately represents the configuration, state,

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