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3. Click Backup. The Save As dialog box will appear.
4. Select a directory and filename and click Save to save the DSView 2.x software database
backup. The Status area of the DSAuth Migration Utility dialog box will contain messages
about the DSView 2.x software database backup as it is created. A Finished message box will
appear when the backup is completed.
5. Click OK in the Finished message box.
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.
a. Use the Browse button to locate the .zip backup file of the DSView 2.x software database
that you created.
b. Click Next.
2. 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 software system:
• Whether connected users may be viewed. See Specifying Video Viewer Session
Settings on page 177 for more information.
• Whether connections are automatically shared when a KVM session is started. See
Specifying Video Viewer Session Settings on page 177 for more information.
• Whether polling is enabled or disabled. See To use unit status polling on page 84 for
more information.
• The delay between polling cycles. See To use unit status polling on page 84 for
more information.
• The retention time of the event log. See Retaining the Event Log on page 285 for
more information.
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 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 an SPC 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