When the VERITAS product administrator attempts to launch VEA (VERITAS Enterprise Administrator ) GUI the following error is seen.
 

 

# /opt/VRTSob/bin/vea
 

VEA GUI is no longer packaged. Symantec recommends use of the SFM Console
 

to manage, monitor and report on multi-host environments. You can download
 

this utility at no charge from  http://go.symantec.com/vom. If you wish to
 

continue using VEA GUI, it can be downloaded from the same web site.
 

 

Starting Storage Foundation 5.1 the VEA (VERITAS Enterprise Administrator) GUI as stated above will no longer be packaged.
 

 

a. Even though VEA is no longer packaged with the product. There will still be a package VRTSob that will be installed as part of the product install. This package is required to be installed.

 

b. The vxsvc process must be in a running state on the SFM (Storage Foundation Manager ) server in order for the administrator to be able to "Administer" VxVM and VxFS objects, once the SFM client and add-on's have been installed and configured.  See "Procedure to ensure that the SFM client can administer  objects".
 

c.  Even though VEA is no longer packaged as of now we still provide VEA as download separately.

 

 

For more information regarding SFM and VEA please visit the link below.
 

 http://www.symantec.com/business/products/otherresources.jsp?pcid=pcat_storage&pvid=1621_1
 

 

The link above includes information on:
 

Features
 

System Requirements
 

New Features
 

White Papers
 

Add-ons
 

Other Resources (FAQ, Docs, SFHA HCL, CC and Storage Compatibility List, VEA download link)
 

 

 

Procedure to ensure that the SFM Client can administer objects:

a. Ensure that VRTSob is installed.
 

for example,
 

Linux:
 

rpm -aq |grep VRTSob
 

 

Solaris:
 

pkginfo -l |grep VRTSob
 

 

HP-UX:

swlist |grep VRTSob

 

AIX:

lslpp -l |grep VRTSob

 

b. Ensure that vxsvc is activated and started by running the following.
 

/opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl activate
 

/opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl status
 

Current state of server : NOT RUNNING

/opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl start  

/opt/VRTSob/bin/vxsvcctrl status
 

Current state of server : RUNNING
 

 

Note: If you attempt to connect the SFM Client to the SFM Server without ensuring the vxsvc is in a running state. You will receive the following error:

 

c. Once the vxsvc process is determined to be in a running state. Install the Add-on "Storage Foundation Administration for Unix". Please see the Add-on instructions for more information.
 

 

d. Once the Add-on is installed you will need to restart the Web server which is running on the SFM Server.
 

/opt/VRTSsfmcs/cweb/sfmw restart
 

 

Now the administrator can select the server from the SFM server web browser and click "Administer" to administer VxVM and VxFS objects.
 

 

Note: If the Add-on "Storage Foundation Administration for Unix" was installed and later the administrator either added a server to be administered by SFM or realized that VRTSob was not installed and installed and started vxsvc so that SFM could manage the VxVM and VxFS objects. The following will occur:

 

Error V-39-53247-153  Please check vea configuration or the state of vea processes on this host.

• That is because the Add-on has not registered the client.

Solution:
 

Uninstall and Install the Add-on "Storage Foundation Administration for Unix". This will allow the Add-on to register the client that is now running vxsvc. In addition because the Add-on was installed again. The web server will need to be restarted on the SFM server, as noted in "step d". This will only have to be done once. Once the Add-on has registered the client that will be administered you will now only see the error when vxsvc is in a "Not running" state. Once vxsvc is started again no need to Uninstall and install the Add-on again as the Add-on has already registered the client. The key is that the SFM Server Add-on has to register the client and as of now this can only be done by doing an Uninstall and Install of the Add-on.
 

 

 

Additional Documents:
 

Veritas Storage Foundation Manager (SFM) 2.x Late Breaking News (LBN) (Updated January 22, 2010)
 

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/317227.htm
 

Veritas Storage Foundation Manager (SFM) 2.1 Rollup Patch 1 (RP1)
 

http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/340486.htm