Avocent SPC420 manual Exporting access rights, To export access rights

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Exporting access rights

The Export Access Rights tool will export permission information about units from the DSView 3 management software host. The unit name and the user/user group to which the unit has access rights will be exported. Additionally, the unit access right settings will be exported; see About Access Rights on page 144.

The output .csv file may be viewed in a text editor or spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel.

To export access rights:

1.Click the Units tab.

2.Click Tools in the side navigation bar. The Unit Tools window will open.

3.Click the Export Access Rights icon or link. The Export Access Rights Wizard will appear.

4.Select either All Units, Appliances, Target Devices or Unit Groups, for the unit type and click Next.

5.The Save Process window will open. Read the text, then click Next.

6.When prompted, enter the location and filename where the exported access rights will be saved.

7.The Completed Successful window will open, along with a File Download dialog box.

8.Click Open. The file will download and open. By default, .csv files are configured to open in Microsoft Excel. If Microsoft Excel is not installed on your computer, you will be prompted to select a text editor to use for opening the .csv file.

The default filename of the .csv file is appliance_rights.csv if you are exporting managed appliance rights or target_device_rights.csv if you are exporting target device rights. Subsequent files that you export will be incremented (target_device_rights[1].csv, target_device_rights[2].csv and so on).

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Click Save. The Save As dialog box will appear. Select a directory and filename and click Save to save the .csv file.

9.Click Finish. The Units Tools window will open.

Merging target devices

Using the Merge Target Devices tool may be necessary if a target device is connected to one or more managed appliances. For example, if a target device is connected to both a DSR switch and an ACS console server, this tool will merge the target devices (that were created when the managed appliances were added) into a single target device that contains all of the target actions.

You may also merge one or more target devices from a Unit Overview window; see Merging target devices on page 133.