User guide

72 DSView Installer/User Guide
To manually restore a Hub DSView Server using the Backup and Restore Utility:
1. Select Start - Programs - Avocent DSView 3.0 - Backup and Restore Utility. The DSView 3.0
Backup/Restore Utility dialog box will appear.
2. From the DSView 3.0 Backup/Restore Utility dialog box, Click Restore the database from
a file.
3. If the backup file is password-protect, click Enabled and type its password in the
Password field.
4. Click Browse and use the Save As dialog box to find the backup file.
5. Click Restore. The DSView system is restored from the backup files.
6. Click Close to dismiss the DSView 3.0 Backup/Restore Utility dialog box.
Managing Authentication Services
A DSView user must be authenticated before they may access or perform any tasks within the
DSView system.
When the DSView user logs in, they will be prompted for a username and password. The DSView
software will look up the login, determine the authentication service to use and forward the login
credentials to the appropriate authentication service for verification. All authentication is
performed over a HTTPS (SSL) encrypted link.
NOTE: Some web browsers may store password information. See your web browser documentation for
more information.
The DSView software is delivered with the DSView Internal authentication service, which verifies
a log in and password against user account information stored in the DSView software database on
the DSView Server. The DSView Internal authentication service may store over 2000 DSView
user accounts.
The DSView software also supports the following external authentication services:
• Microsoft Active Directory *
•IBM
®
SecureWay Directory Server *
• Novell
®
LDAP Services *
•Sun
®
Solaris
™
R9 LDAP Directory Server *
• Sun ONE
™
LDAP Directory Server *
• Microsoft Windows NT domain
* Uses LDAP V3
If the DSView Server is configured for external authentication, login requests are re-directed to the
configured external authentication server.
Up to 50 external authentication servers may be added to the DSView software. When a DSView
user logs in to the DSView software, the DSView user is validated using the applicable
authentication server.