Veritas Volume Manager 5.0.1 Migration Guide, HP-UX 11i v3, First Edition, November 2009

SMH and the VEA

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About SMH and the VEA

■ Displaying disk devices in SMH

■ Displaying volume groups and disk groups in SMH

■ Displaying logical volumes in SMH

About SMH and the VEA

This chapter describes the Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) graphical user

interface (GUI), and its relationship with the System Management Homepage

(SMH).

SMH and the VEA coexist as independent entities. The VEA recognizes and labels

LVM volumes and disks, but does not manage them. Similarly, SMH recognizes

and labels VxVM disks, but does not manage them. To manage VxVM disks

graphically, you must use the VEA.

Note: If you run the VEA client from the command line, refresh SMH to see VxVM

changes reflected in the SMH screen. Only privileged users can run the VEA client.

It is possible to launch the VEA client from SMH by selecting Home > System

Configuration > Disks and File Systems > Veritas Enterprise Administrator.

For information about the VEA, see the Veritas Enterprise Administrator User’s

Guide and the online help that is available from within the VEA.

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