Searching server inventory and taking actions on search results

You can search server inventory, identify targets, and then obtain detailed information about each of those targets.

When searching server inventory, you can browse, perform a simple text search, or search all servers using complex sets of conditions based on server properties.

After finding servers of interest, you can live browse the server's configuration. When examining a server's file system, you view the contents of logs and other types of text-based files. You can also view the contents of configuration files.

To search inventory and take action

1. Click Inventory.
   The Inventory View opens.
   
2. If you are logged on as a user that belongs to multiple security groups, you must select a group from the Security Group drop-down list at right. 
   Any searches you perform in this procedure will only show results for which that security group has permissions.
   If you do not belong to multiple security groups, the Security Group drop-down list does not appear. 
3. Use the Inventory View to search your server inventory. 
   The Inventory View offers the following techniques for searching the server inventory:
   • Text search
   • Browse
   • Advanced search

   Perform a simple text search to find one or more servers.

   1. Enter a text string in the Search text box. 
      Your text is matched against any text visible on screen, such as part of a server name or description.
      Search strings cannot include spaces or hyphens.
      Results of a search return the first 100 items.
       
   2. Optionally, use the filters at left to refine your search. In the example below, notice how the search produces three servers while the search shown above produces 11.
      

   Navigate to a server or group of servers.

   1. Select the Browse tab. A list of folders appears at left. 
   2. Navigate to the folder containing the server or server groups you want to use.  
      
      As you traverse folders, a trail of "bread crumbs" appears above the Folder list. You can select any name in the bread crumbs to display the contents of that folder.

   Find a server by searching for combinations of properties.

   1. Click Advanced Search.
      The Advanced Search dialog box opens. 
       
   2. Perform the following steps to specify properties for which you want to search:

      1. In the first row of the dialog box, enter values for Find all and where.
         For example, for Find All, select Servers. For where select all. With those selections, the first row reads, Find all Servers where all of the below conditions holds true. 
      2. In the first row of conditions, use the box at left to select a property, the middle box to select a qualifying action, and the box at right to select a value.
         For example, you could set the following conditions to search for all servers running the Windows operating system.
          
      3. To add additional conditions, click the Add icon at right. Then, provide details for the condition as described in the previous step.
         For example, you can set another condition as shown below to limit search results to servers running the Windows operating system within a particular range of IP addresses.
         
         If you have specified that all conditions must be satisfied, the search finds all targets that match all conditions. If you have specified that any condition must be satisfied, the search finds all targets that meet any condition.
         
         To remove a condition, click the Remove icon at right.
4. Select a server.
   The Target & Info Actions page opens.
5. Take any of the following actions:
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   On the Target Info & Actions page, you can click Back to search results, which returns you to the Inventory View and displays the list of selected servers.
   On the Inventory View page, you can display all of the servers you have selected during this inventory session by clicking Load Selected Targets.