The Cluster Manager (Java Console) offers complete administration capabilities for your cluster. Use the different views in the Java Console to monitor clusters and VCS objects, including service groups, systems, resources, and resource types. Many of the operations that the Java Console supports are also supported by the command line interface and by .

The console enables or disables features depending on whether the features are supported in the cluster that the console is connected to. For example, the Cluster Shell icon is not available when you connect to recent versions of VCS. But the icon is enabled when you connect to earlier versions of a VCS cluster.

You cannot manage new features introduced in releases 6.0 and later with Java Console.

You can download the Java Console from https://www.veritas.com/product/storage-management/infoscale-operations-manager.

Veritas recommends use of to manage Storage Foundation and Cluster Server environments. provides a centralized management console for Veritas InfoScale products. You can use to monitor, visualize, and manage storage resources and generate reports. is not available on the Storage Foundation and High Availability Solutions release and must be obtained separately. You can download this utility at no charge at https://www.veritas.com/product/storage-management/infoscale-operations-manager.

Veritas also offers the Cluster Server (VCS) Management Console to manage clusters. Refer to theCluster Server Management Console Implementation Guide for installation, upgrade, and configuration instructions.

To download the most current version of VCS Management Console, go to https://www.veritas.com/product/storage-management/infoscale-operations-manager.

For information on updates and patches for VCS Management Console, see http://www.veritas.com/docs/000035114.

See Components for administering VCS.