VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service

To use the VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle GUI, VERITAS Enterprise Administrator (VEA) Service must be running on the server. The VEA Service is started when you install the software. Occasionally, you may need to manually start or stop the service or add users to the VEA Service console registry.

Prerequisites

• Use the /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr utility to create login names for any user, other than root, who needs to run the GUI. To run /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr, you must have superuser (root) privileges. For more information, see Adding Users to the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service Console Registry.
• You must have superuser (root) privileges to execute the vxsvcctrl command.

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  Note    You must update the database using the dbed_update command at least once on each database before you can manage the database(s) through the GUI.

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Adding Users to the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service Console Registry

You may want to add users to the VEA Service console registry to allow access to the interface to users other than root. You also have the option to give database administrators root privileges.

Having root privileges means that you can access the volume, disk, and file system objects in the system.

  To add users other than root to the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service console registry

1. Make sure that the optional GUI package was installed.
     # swlist | grep VRTSorgui
   VRTSorgui 4.1 VERITAS Database Edition
   Graphical User Interface for Oracle
2. To give root privileges within the GUI to the database administrator, use the vxdbedusr command as follows.
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a user [-A] [-f] -n user_name

   where:

   -a user adds a user to the registry.

   -A grants the user root access.

   -f allows the user to be a user other than the /opt/VRTSdbed owner.

   -n indicates the name of the user that will be added or removed.

   For example, to add a database administrator with the name "oracle" as a user with root privileges, enter the following:

   
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a user -A -f -n oracle 
3. To add a user without root privileges, use the vxdbedusr command as follows.
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a user -n user_name

   where -a adds a user to the registry.

   For example, to add "oracle" as a user, enter the following:

   
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a user -n oracle
4. To add a group to the console registry, use the vxdbedusr command as follows.
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a group -n group_name

   where -a adds the user group to the registry.

   For example, to add "dba" as a group, enter the following:

   
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -a group -n dba

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     Note    Make sure you shutdown and then restart the VEA server to update the registration information.

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Removing Users from the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service Console Registry

You may need to restrict access to the VEA Service console registry. You can remove users or user groups from the registry if they have been previously added.

  To remove users other than root from the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service console registry

1. Make sure that the optional GUI package was installed.
2. To remove a user, use the vxdbedusr command as follows.
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -r user -n user_name

   where -r removes the user from the registry.

   For example, to remove the user "oracle," enter the following:

   
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -r user -n oracle
3. To remove a group, use the vxdbedusr command as follows.
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -r group -n group_name

   where -r removes the user group from the registry.

   For example, to remove the group "dba," enter the following:

   
      # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxdbedusr -r group -n dba

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     Note    Make sure you restart the VEA server to update the registration information.

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Starting the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service

  To manually start VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service

1. Verify the status of the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl status
     Current state of server : NOT RUNNING
2. Start the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl start
   Oracle
    Oracle
   Oracle  Starting VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service (vxsvc)
     Initializing
   Initialization successful. Interface:
   {1a510152-1dd2-11b2-902c-080020cf51fc}
   Initialization successful. Interface:
   {4252c728-1dd2-11b2-a99b-080020a9aeec}
   ........VEA Server has successfully started
3. Again verify the status of the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl status
     Current state of server : RUNNING

Shutting Down the VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service

Although the VEA Service should remain running, you may need to shut it down manually.

  To manually shut down VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service

1. Verify the status of the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl status
     Current state of server : RUNNING
2. Stop the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl stop
     Oracle
     Stopping VERITAS Enterprise Administrator Service (vxsvc)
     ...VEA Server was shutdown successfully
3. Again verify the status of the VEA Service:
     # /opt/VRTS/bin/vxsvcctrl status
     Current state of server : NOT RUNNING