Configuring Arcserve Backup › Configure Global Dashboard › Configure the Central Site

Configure the Central Site

The parameters specified during the configuration of the central site must be used by each registered branch site to enable synchronization of dashboard-related data to the central site.

Note: The local Arcserve Backup database for the Central Primary Server will be treated the same as a normal branch site. However, you do not need to configure it manually because this was completed during setup of the Central Primary Server.

To configure the central site

1. Launch the Central Configuration wizard and click Next to start.

   The screen to provide the path and port information for the central site appears.

2. Specify the path for the central site database. (This will be the database location where the dashboard-related data from each branch site will be uploaded to and stored).

   Note: If a remote database is used as the ASDB of the Central Primary Server, the database path must be an existing path at the remote machine or else the configuration may fail.

3. Specify the input port number. This will be the port number for each Branch Primary Server to access the Central Primary Server. By default, the Port number is 18001, but can be changed from this screen.
4. Click Next.

   The screen to provide user authentication information appears.

5. Specify and confirm the password for the AS_CDASH_USR user name. A local Windows User with this account name and password will be created on the Central Primary Server. When a branch site connects to the central site, the connection will use this authentication information to allow access to the central site.

   This password is needed when each branch site wants to register to the Central Primary Server. If necessary, this password can be reset using the Windows User Management. However, if the password is changed, the new information must be manually reset at every branch site that is registered to this Central Primary Server.

   The "Set Password for AS_CDASH_USR" dialog for the Windows User Management is accessed from the Central Primary Server Start menu (Programs\Administrative Tools\Computer Management\Local Users and Groups\Users\AS_CDASH_USR\Set Password).

   Note: The pre-assigned user "AS_CDASH_USR" is for authentication purposes only. No other Arcserve Backup permissions are associated with this user name.

6. Click Next.

   The central site Summary screen appears.

7. The Summary screen displays all configuration-related information for the central Arcserve Backup database and the Central Primary Server. Verify that all displayed information is correct before continuing. If the information is correct, click Finish.

   An alert message appears reminding you that during the configuration process, the Arcserve Backup database engine will be shut down for a few minutes.

8. If it is a convenient and non-intrusive time when there are no Arcserve Backup jobs scheduled, click OK to continue.

   The configuration Progress screen appears displaying the status.

9. When the configuration process is finished, a confirmation screen appears. Click OK.

   The central site configuration process is completed.