VERITAS Storage Foundation 4.1 Oracle Administrator's Guide

Chapter 12, Using the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle Graphical User Interface
Prerelease 8 September 2005, 8:55am Opening and Closing the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle GUI
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Opening and Closing the VERITAS Storage Foundation for
Oracle GUI
You can run the GUI from a Windows or UNIX client machine. You must have the client software
installed before you can use the GUI.
Prerequisites
◆ Use the /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr utility to create login names for anyone (other than
root) who needs to run the GUI. To run /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr, you must have
superuser (root) privileges.
◆ The dbed_update command must be run at least once before you can manage a database
through the GUI.
Opening the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle GUI from a
Windows Client
▼ To start the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle GUI from a Windows client
1. Click on Start, then select Programs > VERITAS > VERITAS Enterprise Administrator.
2. In the Connection pop-up window, enter the host name for the server to which you are
connecting and press the Tab key.
3. Enter your login name and password. Then click OK.
Note The VEA Service must be running on the server. If you need to start the VEA Service, see
“Starting the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service” on page 273.