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

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Preface
Introduction
This guide describes how to use the VERITAS Volume Manager™ Graphical User
Interface (GUI).
Audience
This guide is intended for system administrators responsible for configuring and
maintaining systems using the VERITAS Volume Manager (VxVM) with the VERITAS
Enterprise Administrator (VEA). This guide assumes the following:
◆ A basic understanding of system administration
◆ A working knowledge of the UNIX operating system
◆ Familiarity with VxVM and related concepts
Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
◆ Chapter 1, “Introducing the VEA GUI,” describes the main components of the GUI.
◆ Chapter 2, “Getting Started with VxVM VEA,” describes how to set up and start
using VxVM with VEA.
◆ Chapter 3, “Disk Tasks,” describes how to set up and use disks using VxVM with
VEA.
◆ Chapter 4, “Volume Tasks,” describes how to create and use volumes and related
objects using VxVM with VEA.
◆ Chapter 5, “File System Tasks,” describes the tasks associated with file systems.
◆ Chapter 6, “Cluster Tasks,” describes the tasks associated with clusters.