Components for administering VCS

VCS provides several components to administer clusters.

Table: VCS components to administer clusters describes the components that VCS provides to administer clusters:

Table: VCS components to administer clusters

VCS components

Description

Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager

A Web-based graphical user interface for monitoring and administering the cluster.

Install the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager on a management server outside the cluster to manage multiple clusters.

See the Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager documentation for more information.

Cluster Manager (Java Console)

A cross-platform Java-based graphical user interface that provides complete administration capabilities for your cluster. The console runs on any system inside or outside the cluster, on any operating system that supports Java. You cannot use Java Console if the external communication port for VCS is not open. By default, the external communication port for VCS is 14141.

Note:

Symantec recommends Veritas InfoScale Operations Manager be used as the graphical user interface to monitor and administer the cluster. Cluser Manager (Java Console) may not support features released in VCS 6.0 and later versions.

See About the Cluster Manager (Java Console).

VCS command line interface (CLI)

The VCS command-line interface provides a comprehensive set of commands for managing and administering the cluster.

Symantec High Availability Configuration wizard

In a physical or virtual environment, you can use the Symantec High Availability Configuration wizard to configure monitoring for generic applications.

See the Cluster Server Generic Application Agent Configuration Guide for more information.

In a VMware virtual environment, you can use the Symantec High Availability Configuration wizard to configure monitoring for the following applications:

  • Oracle

  • SAP WebAS

  • WebSphere MQ

See the corresponding agent guide for more information.

More Information

About administering VCS from the command line