Sharing a customer or DS-Client account

Once the DS-System replication group has been configured, you can enable replication at the individual DS-Client level. Sharing a customer account permits its DS-Client accounts to be shared, however replication is only performed on shared DS-Clients.

NOTE: If you try to share a customer or DS-Client whose number already exists in the DS-System group, an error message will appear. You must change the corresponding duplicate number (see: “Renaming a customer or DS-Client account”).

1. On the source (original) DS-System, browse the Customers tree and select the customer you want to share for replication.

2. On the Customer menu, click Share Customer. The shared customer account is created on all the other DS-Systems in the replication group (it is automatically shared, which is indicated by the shared customer icon).

NOTE: You do not need to be connected to the other DS-Systems via DS-Operator.

• Each replicated customer account is assigned the respective DS-System’s default profile and storage settings.

• You should review the customer profile on each DS-System to see that it is configured as you want.

3. On the source (original) DS-System: browse the Customers tab and select the DS-Client you want to share for replication. On the DS-Client menu, click Share DS-Client.

• The shared DS-Client account is created on all the other DS-Systems in the replication group (under the corresponding customer account). It is automatically shared, which is indicated by the shared DS-Client icon.

• Each replicated DS-Client account is assigned the respective DS-System’s default profile and storage settings (some are inherited from the customer account profile settings).

4. Review the DS-Client profile on each DS-System to see that it is configured as you require (in the Customers tab, browse and select the DS-Client, and then on the DS-Client menu, click Edit).

NOTE: At this point you are free to direct the DS-Client data to any storage location on the Replication DS-System. For example: if the data on the original DS-System was stored on three extensible storage locations, you could consolidate all of it, including libraries, to one location or storage group on the Replication DS-System.

5. At this point, the shared DS-Client data will be automatically replicated to the other DS-Systems in the replication group, based on the source (original) DS-System’s replication configurations. See “Enabling replication”.

• On the source (original) DS-System browse the Customers tree and right-click on the DS-Client you want. Click Check Replication.

NOTE: Replication at this stage will likely take some time, since all the shared online data must be replicated to each of the other DS-Systems in the replication group.

6. A confirmation popup appears. Click Yes. The Replication DS-System begins to receive the replicated backup set data.

1. On the Setup menu, click DS-System Group and then click Share Customers. The Share Customers dialog box appears showing all customers that are not currently shared.

2. Select all the customers you want and click Share. They are all immediately shared.

3. Verify the activity log (activity type: Group Admin) for any errors.

1. On the Setup menu, click DS-System Group and then click Share DS-Clients. The Share DS-Clients dialog box appears showing all DS-Clients that are not currently shared.

2. Select all the DS-Clients you want and click Share. They are all immediately shared.

3. Verify the activity log (activity type: Group Admin) for any errors.