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XenServer Partition Search

The Partition Search tab allows you to quickly search and locate XenServer partitions by name, tag, or keyword.

The following figure shows the Partition Search page displaying the Search text-box and the Partition Search table displaying search results for the Xen* search query:

An example of the Partition Search table showing search results
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The Partition Search table lists all XenServer partitions matching the search query. Each row corresponds to a XenServer partition and shows the following information:

XenServer Partition Search table: Description of columns

Search syntax

The search syntax is the same as used by BMC Helix Capacity Optimization Dashboard search; for more information, see Search-syntax.

The search string is case insensitive and can be composed using single terms (including wildcards) or phrases (delimited by double quotes), optionally combined using boolean operators. For example: data* AND "web service" -test.

Using wildcards

Wildcards allow you to search for similar terms using a single string. While performing a Partition Search, two types of wildcards are available:

  • Single character wildcards (?): Indicate one variable character; for example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search string "te?t"
  • Multiple character wildcards (): Indicate zero or more variable characters; for example, to search for "test", "tests", or "testing" you can use the search string test*

Restricting the search using fields

You can restrict the search to specific fields using the <field>:<value> syntax, where <field> is an optional filter used to restrict search results. For example: tag:LDOMS. Useful fields for searching partitions are:

  • domain: Domains whose names match the search string
  • tag: Tags whose names match the search string

Advanced field options allow you to specify numerical ranges; this can be useful to search for systems based on their hardware characteristics. The allowed operators are:

  • >
  • >=
  • <
  • <=
  • = (can be omitted)

The advanced fields available are:

Information
Example

"totalmem:>=2G"

Warning

Note

The fields disksize, ldisksize, and totalmem are expressed in bytes; you can append a letter to numerical values to specify a different unit: K (kilobyte), M (megabyte), G (gigabyte), T (terabyte), P (petabyte).

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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