Veritas™ Enterprise Administrator 5.0.1 User's Guide

Properties of an object
Each property has the following attributes shown on Table 2-1:
Table 2-1
Property attributes
DefinitionProperty type
Defines the property value; for example, boolean, integer with varied
size, and string.
Type
Determines one of the characteristics of the property (for example,
Hidden or Displayable).
Flags
Identification given to the property.Name
Value assigned to property, depending upon the type.Value
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:
■ Action Menu
■ Context-sensitive popup menu
■ Toolbar
■ 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).
Using Veritas Enterprise Administrator
Performing tasks
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