VERITAS Volume Manager 3.1 Storage Administrator Administrator's Guide

Getting Started
Introduction
Chapter 244
Introduction
This chapter describes how to set up and start using the Volume
Manager Storage Administrator. This chapter focuses on how to use the
main components of the Storage Administrator.
The following topics are discussed in this chapter:
• “Installation and Setup”
• “Customizing Security (Optional)”
• “Starting the Storage Administrator Server”
• “Starting the Storage Administrator Client”
• “Running the Storage Administrator in Read-Only Mode”
• “Stopping the Storage Administrator Server”
• “Selecting Objects”
• “Viewing Objects and Object Properties”
— “The Tree and Grid View”
— “The Object View Window”
— “The Volume Layout Details Window”
— “The Volume to Disk Mapping Window”
— “The Object Properties Window”
• “Accessing Tasks”
— “Running Tasks From the Menu Bar”
— “Running Tasks From a Popup Menu”
— “Running Tasks From the Command Launcher”
• “Using Dialog Boxes”
— “Specifying Objects in Dialog Boxes”
• “Viewing Commands”
— “The Task Request Monitor Window”
— “The Command Log”