280 DSView 3 Software Installer/User Guide
To merge target devices:
1. Click the Units tab.
2. Click Tools in the side navigation bar. The Unit Tools window will open.
3. Click the Merge Target Devices icon or link. The Merge Target Devices Wizard will appear.
Click Next.
4. The Select Target Devices to Merge window will open.
• To add one or more target devices to the merge list, select the target device(s) in the
Available Target Devices list, then click Add. The target devices will be moved to the
Target Devices to Merge list.
• To remove one or more target devices from the merge list, select the target device(s) from
the Target Devices to Merge list, then click Remove. The target devices will be moved to
the Available Target Devices list.
• To merge target devices in a particular order, select one or more target devices in the
Target Devices to Merge list and use the up and down arrows to move the selected target
devices up or down in the listing. Once the order has been specified, select Merge missing
properties to the target device based on the order of the devices in the “Target Devices to
Merge” list.
The merged target devices will contain the name of the first target device in the Target
Device to Merge list. For example, if you are merging two target devices named TD1 and
TD2, and TD2 is listed before TD1, the merged target device will be named TD2.
Click Next.
5. The Confirm Target Device Merge window will open. Click Next to confirm merging the
connection paths into the specified destination target device. See Connections to Units on
page 162.
6. The Completed Successful window will open.
7. Click Finish. The Units Tools window will open.
Importing DSView 2.x software databases
NOTE: This procedure is available only when the DSView 3 software is installed on a supported
Windows system.
The Import DSView 2.x software database tool allows you to import an existing DSView 2.x
software database into the DSView 3 software system. When a database is imported, the following
items will be imported:
• Units, including attached cascade switches, power devices and target devices
• Users and user groups with unit access rights
• Authentication services, including Windows NT domains, LDAP and local accounts
• System settings, including the ability to display connected users, connection sharing, status
polling and delay rates and when the event log is deleted