HP Storage Essentials Storage Resource Management Report Optimizer Software 6.0 Contexts Guide (October 2008)

User Guide 13
Assets Classes
The following table describes the Assets classes:
How to Use Wild-card Searching with the Filters
Wild-card searching is not possible with the built-in query filters that are available as part of the
universe, but when you are creating filters, there are options named Matches Pattern and Different
from Pattern that can be used for pattern searching.
For example, if you are creating a filter on Host Name, select the object and then select Matches
Pattern or Different from Pattern. The following table provides examples of the Matches Pattern
option:
Table 1-10: Assets Classes
Assets Classes Examples
• The Asset class gives
information about all the
assets in your
environment. The Assets
class is an independent
class and cannot be used
in combination with any
other classes.
• The Element Specific
Assets class gives asset
information for a specific
element only (such as
application, backup, file
server, NAS, Host,
Storage system, Switch,
Tape Library, etc.).
• The Application Assets class gives asset
information for applications only.
• The Host Assets class gives asset information for
hosts only.
Table 1-11: The Matches Pattern Option
“Matches Pattern”
typed in the text field
Possible output Comments
%usa% • Host.test.usa.com
• usa123
• Zusa
The output must contain
the word “usa.”
A%1% • A1.test.usa.com
• Ased1
• A 74188
The output must start
with “A” and include “1”
as one of the
characters.