Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

Server Automation10.60

Use > Server Automation > Explore servers and device groups in the SA Client > About dynamic device groups > Configuring multiple rules for dynamic device groups

Configuring multiple rules for dynamic device groups

You can configure multiple rules and combine them with a logical And or a logical Or. Select to add a rule. Select to remove the selected rule or rules. Select either Logical And or Logical Or to logically combine the rules.

You can create more complex logical expressions using the SearchService interface in the com.opsware.search package of the SA Twister API. For more information on the SA Twister API, see the SA Developer section.

Example of multiple rules

The Multiple dynamic device group rule figure displays a dynamic device group rule two rules combined with a logical And to select all servers that both have a name that begins with the characters “pro” and run AIX 6.1:

Multiple dynamic device group rule

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