VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA 500 Series) Getting Started

Glossary 49
There are two types of storage pools: data pools and clone pools. Data pools are created first. All
other storage pools that are created within a disk group are clone pools.
subdisk
A set of contiguous disk blocks that form a logical disk segment. Subdisks are associated with
plexes (mirrors) to form volumes.
task properties window
A window that displays detailed information about a task listed in the Task Request Monitor
window.
task request monitor
A window that displays a history of tasks performed in the current VERITAS Volume Manager
session. Each task is listed with the task originator, the task status, and the start/ finish times for the
task.
toolbar
A set of buttons used to access VERITAS Volume Manager windows. These include another main
window, a task request monitor, an alert monitor, a search window, and a customize window.
tree
A dynamic hierarchical display of objects on the system. Each node in the tree represents a group
of objects of the same type.
uninitialized disks
Disks that are not under VxVM control.
user templates
User templates are a collection of capabilities, templates and rules defined by the user to simplify
tasks. You can group the capabilities you want the volume to have, and save these capabilities along
with the rules as a user template.
volume
A virtual disk or entity that is made up of portions of one or more physical disks.
Volume Layout Details Window
A window that displays a graphical view of a volume and its components. The objects displayed in
this window are not automatically updated when the volume properties change.