User guide

Chapter 3: DSView Software Servers 75
You may remove some fields from the display by using the Customize link. See Using the
Customize link in windows on page 15 for more information.
To add a spoke server:
1. Install the DSView management software on the computer you wish to use as a spoke server.
See Installing the DSView Management Software on page 38 for more information.
2. Configure the computer as a spoke server. See Configuring the DSView Management Software
on page 41 for more information.
To register a hub server as a spoke server:
NOTE: Only DSView software administrators may register a hub server as a spoke server.
NOTE: When registering a hub server as a spoke server on another DSView software system, the information on
the hub server being registered will be lost. Its database will be updated to match the new hub server to which it
is being registered.
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click DSView Server in the top navigation bar. The side navigation bar will include the name
of the server to which you are logged in.
3. Select Tools in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Tools window will open.
4. Click the Register as Spoke Server icon or text. The Register Spoke Server Wizard will appear.
Click Next.
5. The Type in Hub DSView Server Address window will open.
a. Type the IP address of the hub server in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).
-or-
Type the domain name of the hub server.
b. Type the port number for the hub server.
If the default hub server port value (443) is modified, you must specify it when registering
a spoke server so that register requests will be sent to the correct port on the hub server.
For example, if the IP address of the hub server is 10.0.0.1 and the port number is changed
to 444, type
https://10.0.0.1:444/dsview in the Address field of the Register Spoke
Server Wizard.
6. Click Next.
7. The Operation in Progress window will open briefly, followed by the Accept Hub DSView
Server Certificate window. Click Next.
8. The Type in Hub DSView Server Administrator Credentials window will open.
9. Click Next.
a. Type the name of a user with DSView software administrator privileges on the hub server.
b. Type a password for the user.