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

Chapter

Introducing the

VEA console

The Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Console displays data about

application objects and connectivity in graphical form and provides a user

interface for the many tools and functions.

Before using the VEA GUI, you should familiarize yourself with the following

introductory topics:

■ VEA features

■ VEA home page

■ Main window

VEA features

You use the VEA to administer disks, volumes, and file systems on local or

remote machines.

VEA consists of a server and a client. The server runs on a machine that is

running the application to be monitored, such as VxVM. The client runs on

Windows, HP, Linux, Solaris, and AIX machines that support the Java Runtime

Environment.

VEA provides the following features:

■ Accessibility - Using the Mouse and Keyboard

Accelerators and mnemonics are provided as alternatives to using the

mouse (refer to the VEA online help for more information).

■ Ease of Use

The task-based user interface provides access to tasks through menus or a

task list. Administrators can easily navigate and configure their systems,