VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Introduction to the Storage Administrator
The Main Window
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• Volume Manager Storage Administrator
The Volume Manager Storage Administrator (VMSA) button
launches an additional Storage Administrator main window.
• Task
The Task button launches the Task Request Monitor window. The
Task Request Monitor window displays a list of tasks performed in
the current session. Each task is listed with the user who performed
the task, the task status, and the start and finish times for the task.
• Alert
The Alert button launches the Alert Monitor window. The Alert
Monitor window identifies any objects that have experienced failures
or errors and describes the problem(s). When an object fails or
experiences an error, an alert icon appears in the status area of the
main window and/or on the object’s icon.
• Search
The Search button launches the Object Search window, which is used
to search for objects on the system. The Object Search window
contains a set of tabbed pages, each of which contains search options
for a particular type of object.
• Grid
The Grid button launches a window that contains a copy of the main
grid. The new grid window continues to display and update the
objects shown when the grid copy was created.
• New
The New button launches the New Volume dialog box. This dialog box
is used to create a volume.
• Host
The Host button launches the Connect to Host dialog box. This dialog
box is used to establish a connection to a host machine.
• Properties
The Properties (Props) button launches the Object Properties window
for a selected object. The Object Properties window displays detailed
information about the selected object and related objects.
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