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Chapter 13: Lists

Lists, and more specifically, the Active List, provide a mechanism to group related

objects into permanent collections to be reused at any time. Lists can contain

VMs, hosts, clusters, datastores, and applications.

For example, if you search for a specific set of VMs requiring a patch, you can add

the results of the search to the Active List and save that list for future reference.

This way you can use the list as a holding pen of VMs requiring the patch update.

As VMs get patched, they can be removed from the list.

Another example is grouping a collection of hosts based on ownership, role,

geography, or any combination of attributes for the purpose of sharing these lists

with other Virtualization Manager users. You can make the lists private, publicly

readable, or publicly writable.

Lists are different from search queries in that they are static by nature. If a VM

changes characteristics that are criteria for a search query, that VM does not show

up in the result set anymore, but it remains in the list.

Note: The only exceptions are cases where the VM is unregistered with a

vCenter server or otherwise made unavailable for data collection.

Nearly every screen and module in Virtualization Manager has buttons or links to

add items to the active list. These are usually an orange "+" icon or button next to

virtual objects (VMs, hosts, and so on). Click the orange "+" to add a single object

to the active list. When there are multiple objects on a page like on search results

pages, or on dependency maps, you can select multiple items. Click Add to List

to add all these items to the active list. Likewise, some types of dashboard

widgets have an Add to List button, usually located at the top of the screen or

control, to add their contents to the active list.

Note: At any given time, there is only one active list. It is displayed in the Explore

tab under List.

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