Configuring the DS-Client connection settings
You can specify an IP or DNS address where the DS-User will search for a DS-Client Service. This will speed up your logon process in large network environments. You can also configure DS-User to scan entire subnets.
NOTE: If you do not specify an IP or DNS address, DS-User scans the local computer and the local computer’s subnet.
To configure the DS-Client connection settings:
1. On the Setup menu, click Initialization. The DS-User Initialization dialog box appears.
2. In the LAN search time box, specify the time (in seconds) that DS-User will spend scanning the LAN for DS-Clients.
3. To configure an additional DS-Client, under Additional DS-Clients, do the following:
a) To add a new connection, click New.
b) To modify an existing connection, select the connection, and then click Modify.
c) To specify the IP address or host name of a single DS-Client, in the Single DS-Client box, specify the IP or DNS Address (host name) for DS-Client.
d) To specify the IP address or host name of each node in the grid, select Grid DS-Client, and then click Add or Modify. To acquire all the required IP addresses or host names from a text file if available, click Load.
e) In the Port box, specify the port number.
f) Select Use UDP protocol to discover DS-Client if required.
g) Click OK.
NOTE: DS-User scans the LAN for all active DS-Clients, whether or not any entries are in the Additional DS-Clients list. DS-Clients specified in the Additional DS-Clients list that are not detected, will appear in Red. A DS-Client on the local computer appears in Blue.
4. To configure an additional subnet, under Additional Subnets, do the following:
a) To add a new subnet, click New.
b) To modify an existing subnet, select the subnet, and then click Modify.
c) In the Address box, specify the IP address of the subnet.
d) In the Port box, specify the port number of the subnet.
e) Click OK.
5. Under Logon using security context (Windows DS-Client only), optionally do the following:
a) In the Target Name box, the default target name is CloudBakSvc. This is used only if the DS-User tries to automatically connect to a DS-Client in an Active Directory domain using the security context of the current logged on Windows user.
IMPORTANT: Your network administrator must create and register the target name with Active Directory using the Microsoft Networking Tool (setspn.exe) to give it the authentication and trust required to log on to the desired DS-Clients. Once registered, the DS-User supplies the target name for DS-Client to verify and allow the authenticated user from the DS-User to connect. Ensure any changes conform to your network security policies.
b) In the Auto-connect box, configure how the DS-User behaves when it is launched. The options are:
• Last DS-Client: DS-User will search for the last DS-Client it successfully connected with. If that DS-Client is not available, DS-User will prompt the user to choose the desired DS-Client.
• Local DS-Client: DS-User will search for the local DS-Client. If the local DS-Client is not available, DS-User will prompt the user to select the desired DS-Client.
• Last or Local DS-Client: DS-User will first search for the last connected DS-Client. If the last connected DS-Client is found, DS-User will attempt to connect using the credentials of the user already logged on from the current Windows logon session (provided that the same user name and password is provided). If however, the last connected DS-Client is not available DS-User will connect to the local DS-Client using the current security context.
• Local or Last DS-Client: (Default) DS-User will search for the local DS-Client first and connect using the current security context. If the local DS-Client is not found, DS-User will attempt to connect to the last connected DS-Client using the current security context (provided that the same user network credentials are used, and that the local user exists on the remote DS-Client, and appropriate user permissions are present in the remote DS-Client).
• Disabled: Users can select this option to turn off the auto-connect functionality. In this case the
"Connect to DS-Client Service" dialog box appears at startup. Type a valid user name and credentials to connect to the selected DS-Client.
6. Click OK.