VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Introduction to the Storage Administrator
The Main Window
Chapter 128
The Menu Bar
The menu bar at the top of the main window contains the following
menus:
• File
The File menu provides access to the New menu, which creates
volumes, disk groups, and file systems. The File menu also
establishes new host connections, prints the contents of the main
window, closes the main window, provides access to an object
Properties window, or exits the Storage Administrator.
• Options
The Options menu provides access to the Customize window, which
displays and sets user preferences for the components of the Storage
Administrator. The Options menu also saves or loads user
preferences, removes any alert icons from the status area, and sets
the Storage Administrator to read-only mode.
• Window
The Window menu opens (launches) another Storage Administrator
main window, the Task Request Monitor window, the Alert Monitor
window, the Object Search window, a copy of the main grid, or the
Command Launcher.
• Selected (context sensitive)
The Selected menu is a context-sensitive menu that launches tasks
on a selected object. The Selected menu is dynamic and changes its
options based on the type of object that is selected. By default, the
Selected menu is greyed out. When an object is selected, the Selected
menu is renamed and provides access to tasks appropriate for the
selected object. For example, Selected becomes Volumes when a
volume is selected. The Volumes menu provides access to volume
tasks.
• Help
The Help menu provides access to online help for the Storage
Administrator.
The Toolbar
The toolbar consists of the following set of buttons: