Preface

The SunVTS^(TM) 2.1 application is a system exerciser that extends diagnostic test coverage and features. The SunVTS 2.1 User's Guide describes how to use the Common Desktop Environment (CDE), OPEN LOOK^{^(R)}, text-based terminal (TTY) user interfaces, and SunVTS command line interfaces, and discusses its features.

The primary audience of this manual is hardware testing and verification personnel, qualified service-trained maintenance providers, and advanced system end users.

Use the table below to find the information you need.

How do I use SunVTS?	*page 31*
How do I start SunVTS?	*page 32*
What is unique about the SunVTS environment?	*page 21*
Where can I find a list of SunVTS features?	*page 24*
What do the hardware tests validate?	*page 22*
Where is the overview of the CDE interface?	*page 51*
Where is the overview of the OPEN LOOK interface?	*page 72*
Where can I find pointers on the TTY interface?	*page 94*

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1, "Overview of SunVTS 2.1," describes the SunVTS architecture, and provides an annotated list of features.

Chapter 2, "Using SunVTS," provides the information you need to start using SunVTS.

Chapter 3, "User Interfaces," describes the CDE and OPEN LOOK SunVTS graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and the TTY command line interface.

Chapter 4, "SunVTS Testing Environment," describes a sample SunVTS testing environment.

Chapter 5, "Troubleshooting," provides problem-solving techniques for SunVTS.

Related Books

The following table lists other SunVTS documents and related manuals:

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Document Title	Part Number
*SunVTS 2.1 Test Reference*	802-7300
*SunVTS 2.1 Quick Reference Card*	802-7301
*Solstice SyMON 1.4 User's Guide*	802-7662
*Solaris System Administration Guide, Vol. 1, Part 8, Managing File Systems*	802-5750

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Typographic Conventions

The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book.

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Typeface or Symbol

Meaning

Example

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. machine_name% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, contrasted with on-screen computer output


  machine_name%su  
  Password:

AaBbCc123

Command-line placeholder: replace with a real name or value

To delete a file, type rm filename.

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, or words to be emphasized

Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be root to do this.

Shell Prompts in Command Examples

The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

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Shell	Prompt
C shell	`machine_name%`
C shell superuser	`machine_name#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

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