VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Starting VEA
10 VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started
Before you can use VEA, you need to:
1. Install VxVM on the machine to be administered.
2. Install the VEA server and client on the machine to be administered.
3. If users other than root need to access VEA, set up security to specify which users can run
VEA.
4. If you plan to run the VEA client from a machine other than the machine to be administered,
install the VEA client on the machine where the client will run.
5. Start the VEA server on the machine to be administered.
6. Start the VEA client.
Refer to the Installation manuals for your products for details on how to install and set up your
products and VEA.
Starting VEA
Only users with appropriate privileges can run VEA. (Refer to the Installation manuals for your
products for information on security and access permissions.)
You can use VEA to administer the local machine or a remote machine. The VxVM daemon
(vxconfigd) and the VEA server (vxsvc) must be running on the machine to be administered.
Once VEA is installed, the VEA server starts up automatically at system startup.
You can start the VEA console from a Windows or UNIX client.
From a Windows Client
From a Windows client, you can start VEA from the Start menu, or from the command line.
Using the Start Menu
To invoke VEA from the Start menu, click on:
Start --> Programs --> VERITAS Enterprise Administrator--> VERITAS Enterprise
Administrator Console.
Using the Command Line
To invoke VEA from the command line: