VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Introduction to the Storage Administrator
The Volume Manager Storage Administrator
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application.
• Scalability
The Storage Administrator can handle systems containing a large
number of disks. Administrators can view all of the objects on the
system or focus on a specific object or set of objects.
• Security
The Storage Administrator can only be run by users with appropriate
privileges. Administrators can restrict the use of the Storage
Administrator to a specific set of users. The Storage Administrator
does not support communication between the client and server across
a firewall.
• Read-only Mode
Administrators can run the Storage Administrator in read-only mode,
which is useful for monitoring, training, or browsing purposes.
Read-only mode allows administrators to view objects on the system,
but prevents administrative actions from taking effect.
• Multiple Host Support
The Storage Administrator client can provide simultaneous access to
multiple host machines. The administrator can use a single Storage
Administrator client session to connect to multiple hosts, view the
objects on each host, and perform administrative tasks on each host.
Each host machine must be running the Storage Administrator
server.
• Multiple Views of Objects
The Storage Administrator provides multiple views of objects:
— The main window’s tree and grid view lists objects on the system.
— The Object View window displays a graphical view of volumes,
disks, and other objects in a disk group.
— The Volume Layout Details window displays a close-up graphical
view of a single volume and its components.
— The Volume to Disk Mapping window shows the relationships
between volumes and their underlying disks.