VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

16 Using the VEA
Setting up your system
Setting up your system
VEA consists of a server (vxsvc) and a client (vea). You must install and run the VEA
server on a UNIX machine running VxVM. You can install and run the VEA client on any
Windows, HP, Linux, Solaris, or AIX machine that supports the Java Runtime
Environment.
Before you can use VEA, you need to:
1 Install VxVM on the machine to be administered.
2 Install the VEA server and client on the machine to be administered.
3 If users other than root need to access VEA, set up security to specify which users
can run VEA.
4 If you plan to run the VEA client from a machine other than the machine to be
administered, install the VEA client on the machine where the client will run.
5 Start the VEA server on the machine to be administered.
6 Start the VEA client.
Refer to the Installation manuals for your products for details on how to install and set up
your products and VEA.
Starting VEA
Only users with appropriate privileges can run VEA. (Refer to the Installation manuals for
your products for information on security and access permissions.)
You can use VEA to administer the local machine or a remote machine. The VxVM
daemon (
vxconfigd) and the VEA server (vxsvc) must be running on the machine to be
administered. Once VEA is installed, the VEA server starts up automatically at system
startup.
You can start the VEA console from a Windows or UNIX client.
From a Windows client
From a Windows client, you can start VEA from the Start menu, or from the command
line.
Using the Start menu
To invoke VEA from the Start menu, click on:
Start > Programs > Veritas Enterprise Administrator >
Veritas Enterprise Administrator Console