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Starting the EVMS Management Tools

Use the following procedure to start the EVMS management tools.

[Important]Important

When you are done, make sure to exit the EVMS UI tool. When it is running, the EVMS UI tool locks the EVMS engine, potentially blocking other EVMS actions from taking place.

  1. Open a terminal console, then log in as the root user or equivalent.

  2. Enter one of the following commands to open the desired EVMS UI:

    Command

    Description

    evmsgui

    Starts the graphical interface for EVMS GUI. For information about features in this interface, see ”EVMS GUI” in the EVMS User Guide at the EVMS project on SourceForge.net.

    evmsn

    Starts the text-mode interface for EVMS Ncurses. For information about features in this interface, see the “EVMS Ncurses Interface” in the EVMS User Guide at the EVMS project on SourceForge.net.

    evms

    Starts the EVMS commandline interpreter (CLI) interface. For information about command options, see “EVMS Command Line Interpreter” in the EVMS User Guide at the EVMS project on SourceForge.net.

To stop evmsgui from running automatically on restart:

  1. Close evmsgui.

  2. Do a clean shutdown (not a restart).

  3. Start the server.

    When the server comes back up, evmsgui is not automatically loaded on restart.

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