Veritas Enterprise Administrator 5.0 User's Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, May 2008

26 Using the VEA
Performing tasks
Properties of an object
Each property has the following attributes:
A property set is a collection of properties. It can contain an array of properties
or even another property set as its element. A property set with one or more
property sets contained within it is called a recursive property set.
VEA uses Tabular View to display the properties of an object. Each object is
represented by a row in the table and the properties are the column cells in it.
Performing tasks
Most VEA tasks are performed by selecting objects and/or tasks and then
completing the resulting dialog boxes. You can run tasks from the following:
■ Menu bar
■ Context-sensitive popup menu
■ VEA Task Assistant
Running tasks from the menu bar
Once you have connected to a host, you can launch tasks from the Actions menu
in the main window menu bar. The context-sensitive Actions menu launches
tasks on a selected object. The Actions menu is dynamic and changes its options
based on the type of object that is selected in the tree or grid.
To perform a task on an object with the Actions menu, select the object and
choose the appropriate task from the Actions menu. If this launches a dialog box
or wizard, complete the dialog box (or wizard).
Table 2-1 Property attributes
Property type Definition
Type Defines the property value; for example, boolean, integer with
varied size, and string.
Flags Determines one of the characteristics of the property (for
example, Hidden or Displaya ble).
Name Identification given to the property.
Value Value assigned to property, depending upon the type.