Launching the VEA console

The Veritas Enterprise Administrator (VEA) console is a graphical console that can be used to configure, monitor, and administer Volume Replicator in a distributed environment. The following sections provide information about how you can use the VEA console. For details, see the complete VEA help that is available by clicking the Help option from the VEA console.

From a Windows client, you can start VEA from the Start menu, or from the command line.

To invoke VEA from the Start menu, click Start > All Programs > Veritas > Veritas Storage Foundation > Veritas Enterprise Administrator or, on Windows 2012 operating systems, from the Apps menu in the Start screen.

To invoke VEA from the command line, start the VEA client by running vea.exe from its installed location, such as C:\Program Files\Veritas\Veritas Object Bus\bin.

When you start the VEA client from the command line, the following options are available:

-v

Shows the version of client console.

-host

Specifies the host to connect to. If the user account for the host is already stored, these are used; otherwise, you are prompted for your user account.

The Veritas Enterprise Administrator default screen appears.

Figure: VEA console

VEA console