The Volume Manager Storage Administrator

Ease of Use

The Storage Administrator is a task-based user interface that provides access to tasks through menus or a task list. With the Storage Administrator, administrators can easily navigate and configure their systems. Administrators can use the Storage Administrator to browse through all of the objects on the system or view detailed information about a specific object.

Remote Administration

With the Storage Administrator, administrators can perform Volume Manager administration remotely or locally. The Storage Administrator client runs on UNIX or Windows machines.

Java Based Interface

The Storage Administrator client is a pure Java based interface. Administrators can run the Storage Administrator as a Java application.

Scalability

The Storage Administrator can handle systems containing a large number of disks. Administrators can view all of the objects on the system or focus on a specific object or set of objects.

Security

The Storage Administrator can only be run by users with appropriate privileges. Administrators can restrict the use of the Storage Administrator to a specific set of users. The Storage Administrator does not support communication between the client and server across a firewall.

Read-only Mode

Administrators can run the Storage Administrator in read-only mode, which is useful for monitoring, training, or browsing purposes. Read-only mode allows administrators to view objects on the system, but prevents administrative actions from taking effect.

Multiple Host Support

The Storage Administrator client can provide simultaneous access to multiple host machines. The administrator can use a single Storage Administrator client session to connect to multiple hosts, view the objects on each host, and perform administrative tasks on each host. Each host machine must be running the Storage Administrator server.

Multiple Views of Objects

The Storage Administrator provides multiple views of objects: