Avocent SPC420 manual Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers Manually, Unit status polling

Chapter 5: DSView 3 Servers 69

2.Click Email in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Email Server Properties window will open.

3.Type a new address for the SMTP server that sends email notifications as a domain name or an IP address in standard dot notation (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx).

4.If your SMTP server requires login credentials, select Login required to access SMTP server and type a username and password, then confirm the password.

5.Click Save to store DSView 3 software email property information in the DSView 3 software database on the host.

Unit status polling

To use unit status polling:

1.Click the System tab.

2.Click Unit Status Polling in the side navigation bar. The DSView Server Unit Status Polling Properties window will open.

3.Select Enable unit status polling.

4.Type the number of seconds to wait between polling cycles (from 30-999 seconds). The default is 900 seconds (15 minutes). A smaller value results in greater accuracy.

5.Type the number of managed appliances that may simultaneously be polled to obtain status information (from 1-25 units). The default is 5. A larger number results in faster speed.

6.Click Save to store unit status information in the DSView 3 software database on the host.

Backing up and Restoring Hub Servers Manually

You may manually create a backup of your hub server. Two methods are available:

•From a command line in an MS-DOS window. This method may be used for DSView 3 software hub servers on supported Windows or Linux systems.

•Using the Backup and Restore Utility delivered with the DSView 3 software. The backup is saved as a .zip file containing the files needed to restore the DSView 3 management software. This method may be used for DSView 3 software hub servers on supported Windows systems only.

Client sessions will be temporarily disconnected during a manual backup. The sessions will be automatically reconnected when the backup is completed.

Hub server backups may also be automatically created as a task within the DSView 3 software. If you use the Backup DSView database and system files task, client sessions will not be temporarily disconnected. See Task: Backup DSView 3 software database and system files on page 323.

Manual backup and restore procedures require DSView 3 software administrator privileges.