VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Viewing Objects and Object Properties
16 VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started
Status View
The Status View occupies the bottom part of the VEA client window. It has a Console View and a
Task View.
Console View
The Console View displays the active events and alerts for the connected hosts. Click on Console
to display the events that have been received by the client during the user session. The events for all
hosts over the lifetime of the session is displayed.
Note Events on the server side are recorded on the server.
Tasks View
The Tasks View displays the start time of the task along with the object name for which the task
was fired.
Click on Ta sks to display task information. Information is displayed in the context of the object
being browsed. For example, if hosts A and B are connected, then browsing any object in host A
displays only tasks from host A; similarly, browsing any object in host B displays only tasks from
host B to be displayed.
Note You can use the arrows to obtain the previous or next set of events.
Properties of an Object
Each property has the following attributes:
Property Attributes
Property Type Definition
Type Defines the property value; for example,
boolean, integer with varied size,
and string.
Flags Determines one of the characteristics of the property (for example, Hidden or
Displayable).
Name Identification given to the property.
Va lu e
Value assigned to property, depending upon the type.