Searching objects to set extended attribute values

Last published : Jul 06, 2026
Using the Management Server console, you can search and filter the objects in a perspective, and set the extended attribute values.
Table: Object types supporting extended attributes lists the object types supporting extended attributes and the perspective to which these objects belong to.

Table: Object types supporting extended attributes

Objects Perspective
Host, file system, disk, disk group, volume, exchange server Server
Cluster, service group Availability
Enclosure, switch, fabric, fabric zone Storage
Virtualization server, virtual machine Virtualization
For more information on extended attributes, refer to the InfoScale Operations Manager Installation and Configuration Guide.
To perform this task, your user group must be assigned the Admin role on the relevant perspective.
To search objects to set the extended attribute values
  1. In the Management Server console, go to the perspective and select Manage in the left pane.
  2. Right-click Data Center and selectSet Extended Attributes.
  3. In the Set Extended Attributes wizard panel, enter the search criteria, and click Preview if you want to view the search results.
See Set Extended Attributes panel options.
  1. Click Set Extended Attributes.
  2. In the Set Extended Attributes panel, enter the value for the extended attribute, and click OK.
See Set Extended Attributes panel options.
  1. In the Set Extended Attributes - Result panel click Close.