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

Viewing Objects and Object Properties
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◆ To display all of the subdisks and gaps on a particular disk, click the arrow to the left
of the disk name. Any subdisks and gaps are listed below the disk name. To hide the
subdisks and gaps, click the arrow again.
◆ To display all of the subdisks and gaps on all disks, choose View > Expand All. To
hide all of the subdisks and gaps on all disks, choose View > Collapse All.
◆ To use the statistics collection feature, see Viewing Real-Time Statistics.
◆ To highlight a disk row, click on the disk name. To highlight a volume column, click
on the volume name. To highlight both the disk and volume associated with a
particular circle, click on the circle.
◆ Volumeswith relativelyslow read/writeperformance are shown ascircularredicons.
◆ To change the criteria that determine which disks are displayed as slow performers,
see Monitoring Performance.
◆ To print the properties of a particular object, select the object and then choose File >
Print and complete the Print dialog box.
Mapping Volumes to Disks
You can map a plex to the associated disk by bringing up both the Volume View and the
Disk View. When you click on the plex in the Volume View, the corresponding disk in the
Disk View is highlighted.
Object Properties Window
The Object Properties window contains detailed information about the selected object.
The Properties window containsa set oftabbed pages, eachof which containsinformation
about the object and related objects. The tab labels and page contents vary, depending on
the type of object selected. You can display a different page by clicking on the appropriate
tab label. Some object properties can be changed through the Properties window for the
object. For instructions on navigating the Object Properties window, see “Navigating the
Object Properties Window” on page 22.
“Volume Properties Window” shows how a volume appears in the Volume Properties
window.