32Using Veritas Enterprise Administrator Performing tasks

Properties of an object

Each property has the following attributes shown on Table 2-1:

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.

 

 

Value

Value assigned to property, depending upon the type.

 

 

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:

■Action Menu

■Context-sensitive popup menu

■Toolbar

■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 object. The Actions menu is dynamic and changes its options based on the type of object that is selected in the tree or grid.

To perform a task on an object with the Actions menu, select the object and choose the appropriate task from the Actions menu. If this launches a dialog box or wizard, complete the dialog box (or wizard).