VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

Glossary
Action menu
A context-sensitive menu that changes its menu options to match the type of object that is selected.
By default, the Action menu is greyed out. When an object is selected, the Action menu provides
access to tasks appropriate for the selected object.
alert
An indication that an error or failure has occurred on an object on the system. When an object fails or
experiences an error, an alert icon appears.
alert icon
An icon that indicates that an error or failure has occurred on an object on the system. Alert icons
usually appear in the status area of the main window and on the group icon of the affected object.
Alert Monitor
A window that provides information about objects that have failed or experienced errors.
Array Support Library
See ASL.
ASL
A dynamically loadable library to discover attributes of a disk array.
browse dialog box
A dialog box that is used to view and/or select existing objects on the system. Most browse dialog
boxes consist of a tree and grid.
button
A window control that the user clicks to initiate a task or display another object (such as a window or
menu).
capability
You can create volumes having specific capabilities. A capability is a simple name used to indicate
what the capability means. Storage is allocated according to your request. For example, you can ask
for a volume to be Performant and Reliable. These are capabilities have parameters such as, number
of striped columns or number of mirrors.
CFS
Cluster file system. A VxFS file system mounted on a selected volume in cluster (shared) mode.
check box
A control button used to select optional settings. A check mark usually indicates that a check box is
selected.
children
Objects that belong to an object group.