Avocent AV Works, Installer/User Manual

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To save a user database from an appliance to a file:
1. Click the Tools tab in the AVR AMP.
2. Click the Save Appliance User Database button. The Save Appliance User Database dialog
box appears.
3. Click Browse and navigate to a location to save the user database file. The location appears in
the Save To field.
4. Click Save . The Enter Password dialog box appears.
5. Enter a password in the Password field, then repeat the password in the Verify Password field.
This password will be requested when you restore this database to an appliance. Click OK .
6. The user database file is read from the appliance and saved to a location. Progress messages
are displayed. When the save is complete, you are prompted to confirm the completion. Click
OK to return to the Tools panel.
Restoring an appliance user database
The Restore Appliance User Database tool restores a previously-saved user configuration database
from the system running AVWorks software to the appliance. The database file may be restored to
either the appliance from which it was saved or to another appliance of the same type. This
eliminates the need to manually configure users on a new appliance.
To restore a user database file to an appliance:
1. Click the Tools tab in the AVR AMP.
2. Click the Restore Appliance User Database button. The Restore Appliance User Database dia-
log box appears.
3. Click Browse and navigate to the location where you stored the saved user database file. The
filename and location appears in the File name field.
4. Click Restore . The Enter Password dialog box appears.
5. Enter the password you created when the user database was saved, then re-enter the password
in the Verify Password field. Click OK.
6. The user database file is written to the appliance. Progress messages are displayed. When
complete, the new user database is used immediately; that is, no reboot is required.