The Administration Portal
provides two different modes for managing your resources: tree mode and flat
mode. Tree mode displays resources in a hierarchical view per data center, from
the highest level of the data center down to the individual virtual machine.
Working in tree mode is highly recommended for most operations.
Flat mode allows you to
search across data centers, or storage domains. It does not limit you to
viewing the resources of a single hierarchy. For example, you may need to find
all virtual machines that are using more than 80% CPU across clusters and data
centers, or locate all hosts that have the highest utilization. Flat mode makes
this possible. In addition, certain objects, such as Pools and Users are
not in the data center hierarchy and can be accessed only in flat mode.
To access flat mode, click
on the System item in the Tree pane on the left side of the
screen. You are in flat mode if thePools and Users resource tabs
appear.
Using the Guide Me Facility
When setting up resources
such as data centers and clusters, a number of tasks must be completed in
sequence. The context-sensitive Guide Me window prompts for actions that are
appropriate to the resource being configured. TheGuide Me window
can be accessed at any time by clicking the Guide Me button on the resource toolbar.
Saving a Query String as a Bookmark
Summary
A bookmark can be used to
remember a search query, and shared with other users.
Procedure 2.1. Saving
a Query String as a Bookmark
- Enter the desired search query in the search bar and perform the search.
- Click the star-shaped Bookmark button to the right of the search bar to open the New Bookmark window
- Enter the Name of the bookmark.
- Edit the Search string field (if
applicable).
- Click OK to save the query as a bookmark and
close the window.
- The search query is saved and displays in the Bookmarks pane