HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations

User Interfaces
6.1 Graphical User Interface
• Generate volume reports - Report view
• Create multiple objects - Task view
• Allocate volumes based on selection criteria - Task view
• Initialize a set of volumes - Task view
• Run and save or restore request - Domain view or object view
• View, reset, or add filters to the MDMS logfile.
The domain view and object view produce attribute and operation screens that work on one
object at a time. The task view produces screens that can operate on multiple objects, but restrict
the display of attributes to those that are common across the objects. The request view is a specialized
view that allows you to show current requests (as a whole or in detail), and allows you to
delete requests as needed. The report view is a specialized view that generates customized volume
reports.
All view displays are divided into two parts:
• A left screen containing tree nodes for navigation purposes. The structure of the nodes are
view-specific, but the general concept is that there is a level for object classes (for example,
Jukebox or Drive), and under the class is a list of relevant objects (for example, JUKE_1,
DRIVE_1). You can expand or contract any node (except for leaf nodes) in a manner similar
to Windows explorer. If you click on a class name, the associated list of objects are displayed
on the right side of the screen. If you click on an object name, the object’s attributes
and operations screens are displayed on the right.
• A right screen which contains the object attributes, request information or report that you
wish to view. When clicking a class name from the left side, the objects in that class are displayed
as icons on the right side. You can double-click on any object icon to bring up the
object’s attributes and operations screens. In the request view, you can refresh the whole
request display or an individual request display by clicking the refresh button.
While resizing the MDMSview screens is not supported, you can choose to view only the left or
right screens by using the arrows at the top of the division between the left and right screens.
Clicking on the left arrow eliminates the left screen, and clicking on the right arrow eliminates
the right screen. To restore the dual screens, click on the opposite arrow.
6-4 User Interfaces