Veritas Storage Foundation™ for Oracle 5.0.1 Graphical User Interface Guide

The GUI runs in a client-server environment. The server is located on a host that
runs Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle. The client can run on any UNIX and
Windows platform that supports the Java Runtime Environment.
Within the Java GUI, you can perform tasks from the main menu bar or you can
right-click an object in the navigational pane on the left side of the screen.
Sections of the main window for the Java GUI:
■ Menu bar: enables you to perform various SFDB operations. The options in
the Menu Bar vary according to the object in the object tree that you have
selected. To access online help from the Menu Bar, click Help > Contents.
■ Tool bar: provides shortcuts to various operations available in the Menu Bar.
The Tool Bar is icon-based and dynamically changes when you select something
from the Object Tree. When you use your mouse to point at an icon, a
description of the icon appears.
■ Information tabs: enable you to view different information about the same
object in the Object Tree. For example, if you are viewing details about a
database, you can click a different tab to view different information about that
database.
■ Object tree: is a dynamic hierarchical display of Veritas Storage Foundation
for Oracle DBED agent, Veritas Volume Manager, and Veritas File System
objects, Storage agent, and other objects on the system.
■ Status fields: indicate the status of the object you are viewing. To change your
view, click one of the Information Tabs at the top of the window.
■ GUI status area: displays GUI status, which is provided through Veritas
Enterprise Administrator. See the Veritas Enterprise Administrator
documentation for more information.
■ Host Information bar: enables you to toggle between different server
connections.
Within the GUI, options that are not available are display the same as other
options. When you click a task that is not available to you, an "Access denied"
error displays. Pointing to an object on the screen displays a description of the
object in a pop-up field.
About GUI functions
The Java GUI enables you to perform many storage management tasks for Oracle.
The tasks that you can perform dynamically from the main menu bar and pop-up
menu depend on what is highlighted on the object tree. For example, if you have
Using the Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle graphical user interface
About GUI functions
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