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

48 Glossary
menu bar
A bar that contains a set of menus for the current window. The menu bar is typically placed
across the top of a window.
mirror
A copy of a volume and its data. There can be several mirrors per volume. The terms mirror
and plex are used synonymously.
node
In the VxVM tree, a node is an element attached to the tree.
In a cluster environment, a node is a host machine in a cluster.
object group
A group of objects of the same type. Each object group has a group icon and a group name.
In VxVM, object groups include disk groups, disks, volumes, controllers, free disk pool
disks, uninitialized disks, and file systems.
object tree
A dynamic hierarchical display of Veritas Volume Manager objects and other objects on the
system. Each node in the tree represents a group of objects of the same type.
Object View Window
A window that displays a graphical view of the volumes, disks, and other objects in a
particular disk group. The objects displayed in this window are automatically updated
when object properties change. This window can display detailed or basic information
about volumes and disks.
Organization principle for disk group
An organization principle is associated with a disk group. These disk groups have storage
pools present on them. Volumes created on such disk groups are maintained by ISP.
Traditional volumes cannot be created on these disk groups. You have the option of not
associating a organization principle to a disk group.
plex
A copy of a volume and its data. There can be several plexes per volume. The terms mirror
and plex are used synonymously.
popup menu
A context-sensitive menu that only appears when you click on a specific object or area.
properties window
A window that displays detailed information about a selected object.
radio buttons
A set of buttons used to select optional settings. Only one radio button in the set can be
selected at any given time. These buttons toggle on or off.
rules
Rules specify the storage allocation criteria. These define storage selection and storage
layout. Rules are simple sentences written in the ISP language.
scroll bar
A sliding control that is used to display different portions of the contents of a window.