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Using the VEA client to administer local and remote systems

Users with appropriate privileges can use the VEA client to administer a local or remote machine. VERITAS Volume Manager and the VEA server must be installed, and the VxVM configuration daemon, vxconfigd, and the VEA server daemon, vxsvc, must be running on the machine to be administered.

To use the VEA client GUI provided with this release to administer Veritas software on other platforms, you must upgrade those systems to at least the following releases:

• AIX requires Veritas Storage Foundation 3.2.2 or later
• HP-UX requires Veritas Volume Manager 3.5 Update 2 or later
• Linux requires Veritas Storage Solutions 2.2 or later
• Solaris requires Veritas Storage Foundation 3.5 MP2 or later

To use the VEA client on Linux to administer the local system, type:

# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vea

To use the VEA client on Linux to administer a remote system, type:

# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vea -host remote_system -user username \

-password password

To use the VEA client on Windows to administer a remote system, select Start > Programs > Veritas Enterprise Administrator > Veritas Enterprise Administrator.