VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

8 Introducing the VEA console
VEA features
■ Remote Administration
Administrators can perform administration remotely or locally. The VEA client 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 refer to the VEA online help for information on 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.
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.