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Chapter 3: DSAuth Server 21
3. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon on the backup DSAuth Server. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box
will appear.
4. Within the dialog box, change the mode of operation to Primary Server and enter the name of
the “new” PC running the DSAuth software as the backup DSAuth Server. When prompted,
restart the service.
To delete a 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 server name that you wish to delete, then click Delete. This will remove the
primary/secondary pair.
Creating Debug Log Files
NOTE: You may also create files to log information about DSView sessions. See Changing the System Settings
on page 58 for more information.
Log files may provide helpful information to assist in debugging your system. Administrators may
choose to create the following log files:
• ConsoleAuthServer.log - Logs information about the active DSAuth Server. The
ConsoleAuthServer.log file is created in the C: directory.
• DSBackup.log - Logs information about the system backup on the backup server. The
DSBackup.log file is created in the C: directory.
• Trace.log - Logs messages between the DSAuth Server and DS appliances that are sent
through the Avocent Secure Protocol Manager service. The Trace.log file is created in the
<drive:>/Program Files/Avocent/DSAdmin directory when the Avocent Secure Protocol
Manager service is started as part of starting the Avocent Auth Server service, remains open
while the service is running and is overwritten each time the service is restarted.
The ConsoleAuthServer.log and DSBackup.log files may be deleted at any time during a DSView
session by clicking Clear Log. You may also specify that ConsoleAuthServer.log and
DSBackup.log files above a particular size will be deleted when a session is closed by clicking
Enable in the Purge area and typing a file size in the Megabytes field.
To create a debug log file:
1. From the Start menu, select Settings - Control Panel and double-click on the DS Auth
Configuration icon. The DSAuth Configuration dialog box will appear.
2. Click Debug. The Debug dialog box will appear.
3. Click the Enable checkbox for the log file you wish to create.
4. Click OK to dismiss the dialog box.