Installing the VEA Client

If you plan to run the VEA client, you must install the VRTSobgui package on the machine you are planning to use.

Installing the VEA Client on HP-UX

  To install the VEA client on an HP-UX machine using swinstall

1. Log in as root.
2. First, check to determine whether the VEA client package is already installed.
   # swlist | grep VRTSobgui

   This command will return VRTSobgui if VRTSobgui is already installed. It will return nothing if the package has not been installed.

3. To install the VEA client package for HP-UX, insert the appropriate media disc into your system's DVD-ROM drive and mount it as described in Mounting the Software Disc.
4. Run the swinstall command.
   # swinstall -s /dvdrom/storage_foundation/pkgs
5. Select the software bundle VRTSobgui for installation.

   The VEA client package for HP-UX is installed.

Installing the VEA Client on Windows

The VEA client runs on Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, and Windows 95 machines.

Before you install VEA on a Windows machine, you must uninstall any existing VERITAS Volume Manager Storage Administrator (VMSA) packages and remove the old setup.exe from that machine. Only one VEA package can be installed on a Windows machine at any given time.

  To install the VEA client on a Windows machine

1. Insert the appropriate media disc into your system's DVD drive.
2. Using Windows Explorer or a DOS Command window, go to the /windows directory and execute the vrtsobgui.msi program with Windows Installer.
3. Follow the instructions presented by the vrtsobgui.msi program.
4. After installation is complete, ensure environment changes made during installation take effect by performing one of the following procedures:
   • For Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP, log out and then log back in.
   • For Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 95, restart the computer.