User guide

To import DSView 2.x software databases:
1. In the Units Tools window, click the Import DSView 2.x Database icon or link. The Import
DSView 2.x Database Wizard will appear.
2. Use the Browse button to locate the .zip backup file of the DSView 2.x software database
you created, then click Next.
3. The Select Import Options window will open.
a. Select Import DSView 2.x system settings and apply them to this system to allow the
following settings to be imported from the DSView 2.x software database migration
file into your DSView 3 software system:
• Whether connected users may be viewed. See Video Viewer session properties on
page 290.
• Whether connections are automatically shared when a KVM session is started. See
Video Viewer session properties on page 290.
• Whether polling is enabled or disabled. See Unit status polling on page 76.
• The delay between polling cycles. See Unit status polling on page 76.
• The retention time of the event log. See Changing the Event Log Retention Period
on page 395.
b. Select Allow Target Devices to be added for nodes that have a default name to allow
target devices to be added to your DSView 3 software system for nodes in the DSView
2.x software migration file that have default names. In DSView 2.x software, a default
name is considered to be a name such as Port 1, Channel 1 and Socket 1.
All default names are adjusted when they are imported to include the name of
each CPS appliance, DS1800 digital switch and DSR switch.
c. Select Allow nodes with the same name to be merged into the same target device if
you wish to merge a target device that has multiple connections into a single target
device. For example, a target device may be connected to a both a DSR switch and a
power device.
d. Select Add Active Directory authentication services instead of NT authentication
services when Active Directory is detected to add an Active Directory service when an
Active Directory domain is detected in the DSView 2.x software database migration
file. If this option is not selected, the service will be added to the DSView 3 software
system as a Windows NT Domain service.
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