User guide

20 DSView Installer/User Guide
To select an alternate DSAuth Server:
1. Load the DSView management software and select File - Select Authentication Server to
activate the Select Authentication Server dialog box.
2. Click on the primary/backup server pair that you wish to use and click OK.
If you select the Show on Startup box, you will be prompted to select a server pair every time that
you start the machine.
To add a backup DSAuth Server:
1. Install the DSAuth software on the PC that you have chosen as the new backup
DSAuth Server.
2. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
3. Select Backup Server and enter the name of the primary DSAuth Server in the block provided.
4. When prompted, restart the Avocent Auth Server service.
5. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon for the PC running the DSAuth software that is also the primary DSAuth
Server. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
6. Select Backup Server and change the name of the backup DSAuth Server to the new name.
7. When prompted, restart the Avocent Auth Server service.
8. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon for the PC running the DSAuth software that is also the primary DSAuth
Server. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
9. Click the Install Authentication Tokens button. This will issue new authorization tokens to all
attached systems running the DSView management software, identify any communications
issues that the system is having and provide an opportunity to correct them.
10. Click the Debug button to create log files that may be used for debugging. See Creating Debug
Log Files on page 21 for more information.
11. Finally, you will need to add the name of the backup DSAuth Server to each DSView
management software or DSWebview browser-based software installation to which it pertains.
This may be accomplished by selecting the Select Authentication Server menu choice.
To promote the backup DSAuth Server to primary:
1. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon on the PC running the DSAuth software that is also the primary DSAuth
Server. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
2. Within the dialog box, change the mode of operation to Backup Server and enter the name of
the “new” PC that will run the DSAuth software as the primary DSAuth Server. When
prompted, restart the service.