Sharing a customer or DS-Client account
After you have configured the DS-System replication group, you can enable replication at the individual DS-Client level. When you share a customer account, its DS-Client accounts are also shared. Replication is performed only on shared DS-Clients.
NOTE: If you try to share a customer or DS-Client account whose number already exists in the DS-System replication group, an error message will appear. You must change the corresponding duplicate number. For more information, see
“Renaming a customer or DS-Client account”.
To share a customer or DS-Client account:
1. On the source DS-System, under Customers, select the customer account you want to share for replication.
2. On the Customer menu, click Share Customer. The shared customer account is created on the other DS-Systems in the replication group.
3. On the source DS-System under Customers, select the DS-Client account you want to share for replication.
4. On the DS-Client menu, click Share DS-Client. The shared DS-Client account is created on the other DS-Systems in the replication group.
NOTE: Each replicated customer or DS-Client account is assigned the default profile and storage settings of the associated DS-System.
The shared DS-Client data is automatically replicated to the other DS-Systems in the replication group based on the replication configuration of the source DS-System. For more information, see
“Enabling DS-System replication”.
To perform DS-System replication immediately, do the following:
1. On the source DS-System, under Customers, right-click a DS-Client, and then click Check Replication.
2. When the system prompts you to confirm, click Yes. The Replication DS-System begins to receive the replicated backup data.
Replication at this stage will take some time, because all the shared online data must be replicated to each of the other DS-Systems in the replication group.
To share multiple customer or DS-Client accounts:
1. On the Setup menu, point to DS-System Group, and then click Share Customers or Share DS-Clients.
2. Select the customer or DS-Client accounts you want to share, and then click Share.
3. Check the Activity Log for any errors.