VERITAS Volume Manager 3.5 User's Guide - VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (June 2002)

Glossary 169
Search window
The VERITAS Volume Manager search tool. The Search window provides a set of search options
that can be used to search for objects on the system.
Selected menu
A context-sensitive menu that changes its menu options to match the type of object that is selected.
By default, the Selected menu is greyed out. When an object is selected, the Selected menu
provides access to tasks appropriate for the selected object.
splitter
A bar that separates two panes of a window (such as the object tree and the grid). A splitter can be
used to adjust the sizes of the panes.
status area
An area of the main window that displays an alert icon when an object fails or experiences some
other error.
subdisk
A set of contiguous disk blocks that form a logical disk segment. Subdisks are associated with
plexes (mirrors) to form volumes.
task properties window
A window that displays detailed information about a task listed in the Task Request Monitor
window.
Task Request Monitor
A window that displays a history of tasks performed in the current VERITAS Volume Manager
session. Each task is listed with the task originator, the task status, and the start/ finish times for the
task.
toolbar
A set of buttons used to access VERITAS Volume Manager windows. These include another main
window, a task request monitor, an alert monitor, a search window, and a customize window.
tree
A dynamic hierarchical display of objects on the system. Each node in the tree represents a group
of objects of the same type.
uninitialized disks
Disks that are not under VxVM control.