Navigating VRW

You can navigate VRW using the navigation links. When you log on to VRW, the Summary view displays. You can use the navigation links to navigate to other views.

VRW Conventions

• Object names or text that appear with underlines indicate that the object name or text is a link to other views related to the selected object name or text.

Using Links in the VRW Views

The following navigation links are available in the top right corner:

• About displays version and copyright information about VVR.
• Summary of RDSs takes you to the Summary view.
• Logout enables you to log out of VRW. The role of the current session's username is displayed in parenthesis.
• Support takes you to the VERITAS Customer Support web page for VVR.
• Help launches the online help for the selected view in a separate browser window.

Using the VRW Menu Bar

If you log on as the root user or an administrative user, the menu bar appears at the top of each VRW view. The menu bar consists of drop-down menus with options that enable you to perform administrative tasks on the selected object. The navigation links About, Summary of RDSs, Logout, Support and Help are available at the top right corner. The current session's username and role are displayed in parenthesis next to the Logout link.

• To display a menu, move the mouse over a menu name on the Menu bar. Do not click the menu name. Each menu contains a list of options.
• To choose a menu option, click the required option. After you choose an option, a wizard window or a task dialog box is displayed. For example, if you choose Pause from the Replication menu, the Pause Replication dialog box is displayed.

A guest user has view-only privileges, and the menu bar does not contain any menus.

Menus and Menu Options

VRW provides menu options to perform administrative tasks. The VRW administrative tasks are classified into four main categories: Configuration, Replication, Change Role and Tools. Each of these categories is available as a menu on the menu bar. Each menu includes a set of options. Use these menu options to perform an administrative task, using a wizard or dialog box.

Each VVR object view includes the appropriate menus and menu options for that view, so the menus available on the menu bar vary depending on the views.

Menus Available from the Summary View

The Summary view contains the following menus:

• Configuration
• Tools

Each menu provides options, each of which represent a corresponding task. For information about the menu options available for the Summary view, see Menu Options for Views.

Menus Available from the RDS and RVG Views

The RDS and RVG views contain the following menus:

• Configuration
• Replication
• Change Role
• Tools

Each menu option represents a corresponding task for a specific view as indicated in the following table. Select the appropriate option to initiate tasks for the selected category. If an option is not available in a particular context, the menu option is dimmed to indicate it is not selectable.

Menu Options for Views

The following table shows the menus and menu operations available from each view.

Menu Options for Views