DW Spectrum User Manual

Merging Sites can increase operational efficiency by placing servers, devices, archives, and users within a single entity (server hive) so an operator does not need to connect to multiple, isolated sites to perform tasks or repeat the same task in multiple Sites. Merging Sites can also increase the device fail-over capacity and improve connectivity by providing additional proxy options.

Key Concepts:

•Site mergers are initiated from the primary Site.

•The Merge process cannot be undone once completed.

•Site backups are automatically created before the merge process begins.

•The following types of Sites can be merged:

oLocal Site to a local Site.

oLocal Site to a cloud Site, when cloud is the primary site.

oLocal Site to a organization – the local site inherits settings from the organization.

oCloud Site to a cloud Site when the merger is initiated by the Site owner from within the Cloud Portal.

•The following types of Sites mergers are forbidden:

oAn organization Site and a cloud Site.

oAn organization Site and a organization Site.

oSites that have one or more pending servers cannot be merged.

oSites that have any Servers using the same Server ID cannot be merged

•DW Spectrum will perform a merge assessment after the secondary Site is specified.

oMerge can continue when only warnings are identified.

oMerge cannot continue when errors are identified.

•Depending on the size of each Site, a merge can take a few minutes or multiple hours to complete.

•After a successful the merge, all servers, devices, users, archived data, bookmarks, and event rules from both Sites will be available.

The following table provides a summary of the types of Site mergers that are available. It may be required to disconnect a Site from an existing Cloud account or Organization before it can be merged with a different Site or Organization. Cloud to cloud mergers must be done from within the DW Cloud portal.

To Merge Local Sites

Desktop Client

1.Launch DW Spectrum Client and connect to any Server in the Primary Site.

2.Right-click on the Site name in the Resource Panel and choose Merge Sites from the context menu.

3.In the Merge Sites dialog, enter the URL of the secondary server to be merged (any Server in the Secondary Site, or a remote server) in the Server URL field. Use the drop-down menu to find Sites in the local network. For a remote server, enter http://<ip>:<port>, where:

•<ip> – IP address of Server (the current computer should be able to connect to this server)

•<port> – network port of Server (default 7001).

4.Enter the Password to the Secondary Site (or the remote server) and click Check to validate that a merger is possible

5.Select the which Site to take the name and settings from.

6.Click the Merge with <Site Name> button.

Web Admin

1.Open a web browser and enter the address of the primary site using the following syntax: http://<ip>:<port>

•<ip> – IP address of Server in primary Site.

•<port> – network port of Server (default 7001).

2.Log in with a Local Admin username and password.

3.Go to the Site tab and click Merge Sites.

4.Choose a secondary Site from the drop-down list (or enter the information for the secondary Site and click Find Site) then click Next.

•Secondary Site URL (<server_ip>:<server_port>).

•Secondary Site administrator Login/Password.

5.Fill in the Current Password (for this Site) field.

6.Select which Site's name and administrator password will be kept.

7.Click Merge Sites.

NOTE: DW Spectrum creates a Site database backup automatically before merging Sites. See "Backing up and Restoring the Site Database".

To Merge Cloud Sites

Cloud Portal

1.Open DW Cloud.

2.Click on the primary Site where the merge process will be initiated; this will open the Site's page.

3.Click on Merge with Another Site.

4.Choose the secondary Site to merge with from the drop-down menu.

5.Select which Site's name and settings will be kept and click Next.

6.Enter the Cloud account password and click Merge Sites.

Desktop Client and Web Admin

See "To merge Local Sites" at the top of this page.