How to Add and Display Custom Properties for a Host
You can use the Custom Properties tab in Host Properties to assign as many as 10 custom properties to a host. You can add columns for custom properties to the results pane and then click the column header for a custom property column to sort your virtual machines by that property.
You can use the following procedures to add custom properties to a host and provide two methods for adding the custom properties to host displays.
To add custom properties to a host
In Hosts view, double-click a host in the results pane to open the Host Properties dialog box.
Click the Custom Properties tab.
Enter values in any of the 10 numbered custom property fields.
To display custom properties for hosts
In Hosts view, click All Hosts to display all hosts in the results pane.
To add a custom property column to the table, right-click anywhere in the column headers, and then click the custom field.
To sort hosts alphanumerically by the custom field entries, click the column header for the custom field.
To position the column, drag the column header left or right in the header row.
To display custom properties for hosts by using Select Columns
In Hosts view, click All Hosts to display all hosts in the results pane.
On the toolbar, click Select Columns.
In the Select Columns dialog box, select the check box for each custom property that you want to add to the results pane.
To change the order of the columns, highlight a column header and click Move Up or Move Down.