RC-E User Manual
OnSSI Federated Architecture
What if I only have one server and don't run federated architecture?
Your user interface looks the same, but
when you view the
Federated Sites Hierarchy
pane you will only see the one server in your setup.
Expand/Collapse
You can expand and collapse a site in the
Site Navigation
pane, to see its children, if any.
Site Navigation Pane
The name, settings and configurations of the highlighted site (red arrow) are reflected in the
Site Navigation
pane.
Right-clicking is not Selecting!
Because you must be able to delete a site without being connected to it,
right-clicking a site does not select it,
but
offers a context menu, which differs depending on where in the hierarchy you are. See Action Menu (see
"Management Client Menu Overview" on page 40).
Context Menu
From the
Federated Site Hierarchy
pane, a context menu lets you add sites to a hierarchy, accept inclusion in a
hierarchy, rename sites in a hierarchy, detach sites from hierarchy, work with site properties and refresh site
hierarchy.
Due to the nature of federated sites, when the context menu is activated from a parent, you cannot accept inclusion in
the hierarchy. And when it is activated from a child, it is not possible to refresh the site hierarchy.
Adding a Site to the Hierarchy
You can add children to both your home-site and to its children (when connected to them).
Prerequisites
To add a child to a parent in your hierarchy, one of the following two scenarios must be true:
The management server is installed as a
Network Service:
Before a parent/child link can be established without
the acceptance from the administrator of the child, both computers involved (parent and child) must be added as
a user to the other's RC-E administrator role. See Assign and Remove Users and Groups to/from Roles (on page
149).
The management server is installed as a
user account:
This user account must be a member of the
administrator group of the server being linked to before a parent/child link can be established without the
acceptance from the administrator of the child.
If neither of these criteria are met, the administrator of the child needs to accept the request for inclusion in the
hierarchy (see "Accepting Inclusion in the Hierarchy" on page 179) before the link can be established. See OnSSI
Federated Architecture Overview (on page 173) for more details
.
To Add a Site to Hierarchy
1. In
the
Management Client
window, in the Federated Sites Hierarchy pane (see "Panes Overview" on page
36), select the relevant site, right-click, and click
Add Site to Hierarchy
.
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