VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Chapter 1, Introducing the VEA Console
Command Log
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Select the popup menu option Throttle Task to change the task priority. You can change the
priority for a single task, or select Throttle All Tasks to apply the priority to all Volume Manager
Tasks. Click Ok to complete your selection.
Clearing Finished Tasks
Tasks are persistent in the Tasks console. To remove completed tasks from the window, select
Clear All Finished Tasks from the popup menu.
Viewing Task Properties
To view task properties and the low-level commands used to perform a task, select the task and
choose Properties from the popup menu.
Command Log
The command log file (veacmdlog) contains a history of tasks performed in the current session
and previous sessions. It contains a description of each task, along with properties such as the
start/finish times and the low-level commands used to perform the task. For failed tasks, the
command log includes any relevant error messages. The command log file resides, and can be
viewed, at /var/adm/vx/veacmdlog.
The following example shows a sample command log file entry:
Description: Add Log to Volume
Date: Wed April 17 4:36:11 2002
Command: /usr/sbin/vxassist -g datadg addlog data vol
Output: vxvm:vxassist: ERROR: Volume datavol-L01: Volume’s logging
type not supported
Exit Code: 20