HP HP-UX 11i, HP-UX User Manual

Veritas™ Enterprise Administrator 5.0.1 User's Guide

HP-UX 11i v3

HP Part Number: 5900-0398 Published: November 2009 Edition: 1.0

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Chapter 1 Introducing the Veritas Enterprise Administrator

console ... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . 11

About the Veritas Enterprise Administrator console . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . .... 11

VEA features . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... 12

Veritas Enterprise Administrator home page ... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . .... 13

Main window ..... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .. 14

Quick access bar . . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . .. 15

Object tree and grid ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . 15

Menu bar ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . 16

Toolbar .. . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 17

Status area .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . 17

Multiple selections ... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . .. 18

Accessing tasks .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . 18

Task throttling .. . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . .. 18

Clearing finished tasks ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 18

Viewing task properties ..... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 18

Opening a new window .... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ... 18

Chapter 2 Using Veritas Enterprise Administrator ... . ...... . ...... . ...... . 21

About Veritas Enterprise Administrator . . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ..... 22

Setting up your system ... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . .... 22

Starting Veritas Enterprise Administrator . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .... 22

From a Windows client ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .... 23

From a UNIX client . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . 23

Startup profile . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... 24

Setting Veritas Enterprise Administrator preferences ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ... 25

Setting connection preferences .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . . 26

Setting general preferences . . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . . 27

Setting advanced preferences . . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 27

Setting language preference ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ... 27

Setting the console view . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . 28

Setting user accounts ..... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... 29

Viewing objects and object properties . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 29

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Selecting objects ... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . 30

Navigational view . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . . 30

Details view ..... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .... 31

Console view .. . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 31

Tasks view . . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 31

Properties of an object . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .. 32

Performing tasks ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . . 32

Running tasks from the menu bar .. . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... 32

Running tasks from a popup menu ... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ... 33

Running tasks from the task assistant .... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... 33

Connecting and disconnecting hosts and domains . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . 33

Connecting to a host or domain ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 34

Logon authentication . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ..... 35

Disconnecting from a host ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ..... 35

Switching between connected hosts ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . 35

Exiting the Veritas Enterprise Administrator client . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ..... 36

Viewing different products . . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . 36

Using the control panel . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . 36

Viewing the alert log ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ..... 37

Previous and next alert sets .. . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . 38

Viewing alert details . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . .... 38

Viewing the task log ..... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... 39

Previous and next task sets . . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . .. 39

Task details .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... 40

Configuring logs .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ..... 40

Printing views .. . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 40

Managing user profiles ... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . .... 40

Selecting a startup profile ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . 41

Creating a new profile . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . .. 41

Changing your password . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ..... 42

Deleting a profile . . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . 42

Firewall support . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . .. 42

Example 1 ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 43

Example 2 ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 43

Example 3 ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 44

Chapter 3 Accessibility ... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... 45

About accessibility ... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ... 45

Keyboard shortcuts ... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . . 45

About accelerators .... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 45

About mnemonics .... . . ..... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .... 46

Keyboard mapping conventions . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . .... 46

Dialog boxes ..... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ... 48

Glossary ... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . 53

Index ... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . ...... . . ..... . . ..... . . ...... . ...... . ..... 55

9Contents

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Chapter

Introducing the Veritas Enterprise Administrator console

This chapter includes the following topics:

■ About the Veritas Enterprise Administrator console

■ VEA features

■ Veritas Enterprise Administrator home page

■ Main window

■ Multiple selections

■ Accessing tasks

■ Opening a new window

About the Veritas Enterprise Administrator console

The Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Console displays data about application objectsand connectivity in graphical formand providesa user interface for the many tools and functions.

Before using the VEA GUI, you should familiarize yourself with the following introductory topics:

■ VEA features

■ Veritas Enterprise Administrator home page

■ Main window

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VEA features

You use the VEA to administer disks, volumes, and file systems on local or remote machines.

VEA consistsof a server and aclient. The server runs on a machine that is running the application to be monitored, such as VxVM. The client runs on Windows, HP, Linux, Solaris, and AIX machines that support the Java Runtime Environment.

VEA provides the following features:

■ Accessibility - Using the mouse and keyboard

Accelerators and mnemonics are provided as alternatives to using the mouse (refer to the VEA online help for more information).

■ Ease of use

The task-based user interface provides access to tasks through menus or a task list. Administrators can easily navigate and configure their systems, and browse through all of the objects on the system or view detailed information about a specific object.

■ Remote administration

Administrators canperform administration remotely or locally. The VEAclient runs on UNIX, Linux, or Windows machines.

■ Java-based interface

A pure Java-based interface is used. Administrators can run VEA as a Java application.

■ Scalability

■ VEA can handle systems containing large numbers of disks. Administrators

can view all of the objects on the system, or focus on a specific object or set of objects.

■ Security

Please referto the VEA online help for informationon communication between the client and server across a firewall.

■ Multiple VEA support

The VEA client can provide simultaneous access to multiple host machines. The administrator can use a single client session to connect to multiple hosts, view the objects on each host, and perform administrative tasks on each host. Each host machine must be running the VEA server.

■ Multiple views of objects

VEA provides multiple views of objects:

■ The main window tree and grid view lists objects on the system.

Veritas Enterprise Administrator home page

Other views are application dependent. For example, when running VxVM:

■ The Disk View window displays a graphical view of volumes, disks, and

other objects in a disk group.

■ The Volume View window displays a graphical view of the volumes on a

host.

■ The Volume to Disk Mapping window shows the relationships between

volumes and their underlying disks.

Veritas Enterprise Administrator home page

Figure 1-1 shows the VEA home page, which is the first screen displayed when

you invoke the VEA.

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Figure 1-1

VEA home page and assistant

The toolbar shows icons:

■ Connect - to make a connection to a VEA-enabled host.

■ Disconnect - to disconnect from a host.

■ New Window - to open a new window

Using Assistant, you can browse the most significant and important tasks:

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Main window

■ Connect to a Host or Domain

See “Connecting and disconnecting hosts and domains” on page 33.

■ View or Edit VEA Preferences

See “Setting Veritas Enterprise Administrator preferences” on page 25.

■ Manage User Profiles

See “Managing user profiles” on page 40.

■ View Online Help

Main window

Once youare connected to a host,the VEAMain Window is displayed. Thisconsists of:

■ Quick access bar

■ Object tree and grid

■ Menu bar

■ Toolbar

■ Status area

Figure 1-2 shows the main window of VEA.

Main window

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Figure 1-2

Quick access bar

The quick access bar provides quick access to perspectives using the following icons:

■ System

Main window

■ Assistant

■ Logs

■ Control Panel

Object tree and grid

The VEA main window is divided into two main panes:

■ Left Pane (Object Tree)

■ Right Pane (Grid)

Object tree

Any host machines connected to the current VEA client session typically appear as nodes in the object tree.

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Grid

The right pane contains a grid, which is a tabular display of objects and their properties. Thegrid displays objects that belong to the group icon that is currently selected in the object tree (left pane).

The splitter is the vertical bar that separates the object tree from the grid. You can resize the left and right panes bypressing and holding the mouse button over the splitter and dragging the splitter to the left or right.

Menu bar

The menu bar at the top of the main window contains the following menus:

■ File

The File menu establishes new host connections, disconnects current host sessions, provides access to an object Properties window, handles page setup, executes print and print preview functions, or exits VEA.

■ Tools

The Tools menu allows you to:

■ Initiate the setting Preferences dialog

■ Manage user profiles

■ Maintain the VEA error console

■ Actions

The Actionsmenu is a context-sensitive menuthat launches tasks on a selected object. It is inactive until you connect to a host. When an object is selected, the Actions menu provides access to tasks appropriate for the selected object.

Note: If any DCLI operations are performed, in order for the changes to be reflected in the GUI, an Actions > Rescan operation must be performed.

■ View

The View menu enables you to select the view displayed on the VEA console:

■ Select Connection to switch between connected hosts.

■ Selecting Perspective allows you to choose the display mode (System,

Assistant, and so on).

■ Select Home to return to the Home page.

■ Window

Toolbar

Main window

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The Window menu gives you access to the Tear off feature. This allows you to copy views displayed by the VEA Client into new windows. You can then view details of several different object types at the same time, and to correlate relationships between them.

Then select the view to be displayed in a new window from the drop-down menu.

■ Help

The Help menu provides access to online help for VEA.

The toolbar provides quick access for performing some of the program’s most common tasks.

The toolbar displays the following options:

■ Connect

■ Disconnect

■ New Window

The toolbar is context-sensitive. Based on the type of object selected in the tree view, it displays additional options for frequently used tasks

Status area

The status area is at the bottom of the main window. It includes theConsole View and Task View.

Console view

When a host is selected, you can click on Console to bring up the Console View. This displays the most recent messages for the host. When a message is selected, additional information about that message is displayed.

You can also double-click on a selected message to display message properties in the Console Message Details dialog.

Select Configurethis view to bring upthe Preferences dialog, if youwant to change the buffer and filter settings.

Tasks view

Click on Tasks to bring up the Task View. This displays information about the current tasks.

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Multiple selections

You can select more than one object from a list (for example, when you need to add several disks into a disk group) using the SHIFT and CONTROL keys in conjunction with the left mouse button.

Use the SHIFT key to select a range of objects.

Use the CONTROL key to select individual objects.

Accessing tasks

Most VEA tasks are performed by selecting objects and/or tasks and then completing the resulting dialog boxes. With VEA, you can access tasks from the menu bar and from a context-sensitive popup menu.

For a selected task, you can use the popup menu options: Abort Task to cancel the task; Pause Task to temporarily stop a task, Resume Task to continue the task; and Throttle Task to throttle a task.

Task throttling

Task Throttling causes an operation to pause for the allowed amount of time whenever a disk I/O is performed, allowing the CPU and disks to perform other tasks.

Select the popup menu option Throttle Task to change the task priority. You can change the priority for a single task, or select Throttle All Tasks to apply the priority to all Volume Manager Tasks. Click OK to complete your selection.

Clearing finished tasks

Tasks are persistent in the Tasks console. To remove completed tasks from the window, select Clear All Finished Tasks from the popup menu.

Viewing task properties

To viewtask properties and the low-levelcommands used to perform atask, select the task and choose Properties from the popup menu.

Opening a new window

At any time, you can open a new window and replicate the window currently displayed by selecting the New Window icon.

Alternatively, you can select:

File > New Window

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