VERITAS Enterprise Administrator UserÆs Guide 5.0 (September 2006)

25Using the VEA
Performing tasks
Tasks View
The Tasks View displays the start time of the task along with the object name for which
the task was fired.
You view the Task Log to obtain historical task information (“Viewing the Task Log” on
page 32).
Properties of an object
Each property has the following attributes:
A property set is a collection of properties. It can contain an array of properties or even
another property set as its element. A property set with one or more property sets
contained within it is called a recursive property set.
VEA uses Tabular View to display the properties of an object. Each object is represented
by a row in the table and the properties are the column cells in it.
Performing tasks
Most VEA tasks are performed by selecting objects and/or tasks and then completing the
resulting dialog boxes. You can run tasks from the following:
■ Menu bar
■ Context-sensitive popup menu
■ VEA Task Assistant
Running tasks from the menu bar
Once you have connected to a host, you can launch tasks from the Actions menu in the
main window menu bar. The context-sensitive Actions menu launches tasks on a selected
Table 2-1 Property attributes
Property type Definition
Type Defines the property value; for example, boolean, integer with
varied size, and string.
Flags Determines one of the characteristics of the property (for example,
Hidden or Displayable).
Name Identification given to the property.
Va lu e
Value assigned to property, depending upon the type.