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

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Getting Started with VxVM VEA
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Before using VEA, you need to familiarize yourself with the following:
◆ Setting Up Your System
◆ Starting VEA
◆ Viewing Objects and Object Properties
- Tree and Grid View
- Disk View Window
- Volume View Window
- Volume Layout Details Window
- Volume to Disk Mapping Window
◆ Viewing Task History
◆ Command Log
◆ Search/Report
◆ Performance Tuning
◆ Load Balancing
◆ Setting Preferences
◆ Disk Failure or Removal
Setting Up Your System
VEA consists of a server (vxsvc) and a client (vea). You must install and run the VEA
server on a UNIX machine running VxVM. You can install and run the VEA client on any
machine that supports the Java Runtime Environment.
Before you can use VEA, you need to: