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Browse Catalog

Use ECX to explore resources that are cataloged and find the properties of underlying objects. View the details for a storage system, virtual host, or application server.

The Application Catalog may include Catalogic DPX backups on NetApp storage systems and SnapManager data objects. SnapManager for Exchange and SnapManager for SQL Server are supported.

The EMC VNX Catalog may include CIFS shares, file systems, hosts, host containers, LUNs, NAS servers, NFS shares, pools, snapshots, storage resources, and storage resource replications.

The IBM Catalog may include FlashCopies, Hosts, IOGroups, MDisks, mirrors, Node Canisters, PortIPs, and volumes.

The NetApp Catalog may include aggregates, CIFS shares, files, LUNs, networks, NFS exports, nodes, policies, protocols, qtrees, quotas, SnapMirrors, Snapshots, SnapVaults, SVMs, vFilers, and volumes.

The Recovery Catalog may contain datacenters, data stores, ESX hosts, LUNs, folders, recovery points, vApps, vDisks, vSnapshots, and vSpheres.

The VMware Catalog may include data stores, ESX hosts, LUNs, virtual disks, virtual machines, VMware hosts, and virtual snapshots.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

You can only browse objects on providers that are registered and cataloged. See Create a NetApp Storage Catalog Data Policy, Create a VMware Catalog Data Policy, Create an IBM Storage Catalog Data Policy, Create an IBM FCM Catalog Data Policy, and Create an EMC VNX Catalog Data Policy.

To browse providers that are cataloged:

Click the Search tab. On the Views pane, select Catalog . The Catalog Browser opens.
Drill down through providers in the Catalog Browser. A tab that displays the names of the underlying objects opens.
In the tab, click an object name. The properties of the object display in a new tab. The specific properties vary by type of object.

To browse through the Catalog on a previous date:

Click the Search tab. On the Views pane, select Catalog . The Catalog Browser opens.
Click the All Resources tab. The Time Machine control appears.
Use the calendar tool to set the Time Machine to a previous date. The Catalog Browser reflects the state of the Catalog on that date.
Drill down through providers in the Catalog Browser. A tab that displays the names of the underlying objects opens.

Tip: Periodically closing tabs helps simplify navigation and browsing. To close multiple tabs, right-click a tab then select Close Tab, Close Other Tabs, or Close All Tabs.