User guide

• If you accept the terms, click I accept the terms of the License Agreement and then
click Next. Go to step 8.
• If you do not accept the terms, click I do NOT accept the terms of the License
Agreement. A License Agreement Warning message box will appear.
• If you click Quit, the installation will exit without installing the DSView software.
• If you click Resume, you will be returned to the License Agreement window.
The DSView software license agreement may also be viewed from the User Login
window by clicking the Avocent DSView End User License Agreement link. The
agreement will appear in a separate web browser window.
7. Click Next on the Installation Settings dialog box.
8. Choose the DSView installation folder and click Next.
9. Review the default DSView software TCP Port Settings screen, make any changes needed
and click Next.
10. On the PostgreSQL Installation screen, click Next to install a new instance.
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Check the box to Use Existing Database, if connecting to an existing database, and
click Next.
11. The PostgreSQL Installation screen allows you to make changes to the installation folder
location and Port. Enter the password twice and click Next.
NOTE: Ensure the password you choose also adheres to the password complexity group policy in effect on the
server being installed on.
-or-
For an existing PostgreSQL server, enter the IP address, port, username and password.
12. For an existing PostgreSQL server (under \PostgreSQL\9.0\data), edit the pg_hb.conf file
and the postgresql.conf files.
a. Enter <host all all 0.0.0.0/0 md5> in the pg_hba.conf file.
b. Enter <custom_variable_classes = ‘symmetric’> in the postgresql.conf file.
c. Restart the database service and click Next.
NOTE: The DSView software now leverages a PostgreSQL (Version 9.0.4) database. This can either be installed
on the DSView server, or on a separate server.Please refer to the DSView 4 Database Acceptable Use document
on the Avocent Community (community.avocent.com) for full details regarding the new database structure as well
as best practices.
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