User's Manual

a UNC (Universal Naming Convention) path. The Location field cannot be set to a

mapped network drive. The directory name must be entered in case sensitive text if

your operating system supports case sensitive filenames.

b. If the specified directory location is a network path that requires a login, enable the

password and confirm the password of a user account that has read/write access to the

network share location.

c. To append the date and time (in military time) to the end of the system backup folder,

enable the Use date and time for folder naming checkbox. For example, if you are

creating the backup folder on October 1, 2005 at 10:04 pm, the folder created will be

named dsviewBackup1001052204;<Machine Name>.

If a backup folder already exists in the specified directory and the Use date

and time for folder naming option is not enabled, the existing backup folder

will be overwritten when the new backup folder is created.

7. Click Finish.

8. Navigate to the etc folder of this backup folder. Compress the etc folder into a zip file

manually. Use the zip of etc folder in all subsequent steps that require the backup of a

Power Management database.

Install Rack Power Manager Hub Server

To Install RPM Software:

1. Download the latest version of RPM software to the server.

2. Run the installation file.

3. Click Next to continue with the installation.

4. Accept the terms of the License Agreement, click Next.

5. Click Next on the Installation Settings screen.

6. Choose the RPM software installation location and click Next.

7. Review the default RPM software TCP Port Settings tab, make any changes needed and

click Next.

8. On the PostgreSQL Installation screen, check the box to Use Existing Database if

connecting to an existing and click Next.

-or-

Click Next to install a new instance.

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