Veritas Volume Manager 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

How Storage Expert Works
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How Storage Expert Works
Storage Expert components include a set of rule scripts and a rules engine. The rules
engine runs the scripts and produces ASCII output, which is organized and archived by
Storage Expert’s report generator. This output contains information about areas of VxVM
configuration that do not meet the set criteria. By default, output is sent to the screen, but
you can send it to a file using standard output redirection.
Before Using Storage Expert
Storage Expert is included in the VRTSvxvm package. Even if you do not plan to use the
VEA graphical user interface, you must also have installed the following packages to run
vxse:
◆ VRTSob
◆ VRTSvmpro
The VEA service must also be started on the system by running the command
/opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvc. For information about installing these components and
starting the VEA service, see the Installation Guide.
Running Storage Expert
Note You must have root user privileges to run Storage Expert.
Command Line Syntax
Note The executable rule files are located in the directory, /opt/VRTS/vxse/vxvm. The
examples in this chapter assume that this directory has been added to the PATH
variable.
The rules are invoked using the following syntax:
# rulename [options] keyword [attribute=value ...]
Each of the rules performs a different function as listed in “Rule Definitions and
Attributes” on page 393.