About using extended attributes

Last published : Jun 19, 2026
An extended attribute is an additional user-defined attribute that provides additional details about an object in Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager. This information about an object is in addition to the details that Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager discovers for that object. You can define multiple extended attributes on the objects using the Management Server console. You can use the extended attributes to search, filter, and sort the objects in the Management Server console. You can also manage the extended attributes using the Arctera InfoScale Operations Manager Web services API.
You can define an extended attribute and associate it with the relevant objects. You need to set the value for the extended attribute when you associate it with the object.
Table: Object types supporting extended attributes lists the object types supporting extended attributes and the perspective to which these objects belong to.
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Table: Object types supporting extended attributes

Objects Perspective
Host, disk, disk group, volume, snapshot, exchange server, database Server
Cluster, service group Availability
Enclosure, switch, fabric, fabric zone Storage
Virtualization server, virtual machine Virtualization
You can set the value for the extended attribute on the objects in one of the following ways:
  • By selecting an object in a perspective
  • By searching and filtering the objects in the data center in a perspective
    Note: For more information on setting the extended attribute value and Web services API, refer to theArctera InfoScale Operations Manager User Guide.
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Viewing the list of extended attributes
Adding an extended attribute