VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Chapter 2, Using the VEA

Connecting and Disconnecting a Host

Complete the Connection dialog box as follows:

When you have provided all necessary information in the dialog box, click OK. The new host

appears in the object tree in the main window.

After you have started VEA on one host, you can connect to additional hosts from the same session.

Each host machine must be running the VEA service.

Logon Authentication

There are three authentication mechanisms by which a connection can be established with the

server where VERITAS products are installed.

◆ Silent Logon (Windows platforms only): This happens when the server is local; that is, the

VEA client and server both are running on the same machine. If the user has logged on with

administrator privileges, then username and password are not required. (The basic connection

dialog box is used.)

◆ Native Logon : Username and password are required to authenticate the user. (The expanded

connection dialog box is used.)

◆ DCOM authentication (Windows platforms only): If the user has logged in as administrator on

the domain, then username and password are not required to authenticate the user (the basic

connection box is expanded after entering the server name and clicking OK), and the user is

connected to the server. The server needs to be started with administrator privileges for this

type of authentication.

Hostname: Enter the name of the machine to be administered. (For VxVM, both

VxVM and the VEA service must be running on this machine.)

Username: Enter your login name. Only users with appropriate privileges can access

VEA on the specified machine. (The service is already running on the host.)

Password: Enter your password for the machine to be administered. Select the

“Remember Password” box to save the password on your computer.

Notes:

◆ This task requires a host machine name, user name, and password.

◆ Only users with appropriate privileges can run VEA.

◆ Entries for the user name and password must exist in the password file or corresponding Network

Information Name Service (NIS) table on the machine to be administered.