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Systemwalker Desktop Keeper User's Guide for Administrator
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7.3 Change System Structure from 2-level to 3-level

This section describes the following two methods for changing the system structure from 2-level to 3-level:

When adding a new Master Management Server

  1. Construct a new Master Management Server.
    For information on how to do so, refer to "Installation" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

    Set the information of this server in the Server Information Settings window of the Server Settings Tool.

  2. Stop the level control service and server service of the Management Server (Management Server A and Management Server B).

  3. For Link with Active Directory and centralized management of user information, match the settings in Set data linkage method in the System settings window for the Server Settings Tool on the Management Server with the settings on the Master Management Server.

  4. Set the following information in the Server Information Settings window of the Server Settings Tool on the Management Server.

    • Change the Server classification of this server from "Root Server" to "Sub-Level Server".

    • Add the information of the Master Management Server.
      For details, refer to "Set Server Information" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

  5. Start the level control service and server service of the Master Management Server.

  6. Start the level control service and server service of the Management Server.

    After the service of the Management Server has been started, the information of the subordinate Management Server will be set automatically in the Master Management Server.

  7. When the client (CT) directly under the Master Management Server is connected, any of the following operations can be performed:

  8. Set the Log Viewer environment and Management Console environment.
    Any of the following operations can be performed:

    • Install a new Management Console.
      For information on how to do so, refer to "Install Management Console" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

    • Change the existing environment of Log Viewer and Management Console.
      For information on how to do so, refer to "7.8 Change Management Console Environment" or "Start Log Viewer".

When changing the existing Management Server to Master Management Server

To directly use the server information of Management Server B, there is no need to change the Master Management Server (old Management Server B).
(In the Management Server B, the Server Classification is set to Root Server. This is because even if changes are made to the Master Management Server, Server Classification will not change.)

  1. Stop the level control service and server service of the Master Management Server (old Management Server B) and Management Server A.

  2. Set the following information in the Server Information Settings window of the Server Settings Tool on Management Server A.

    • Change the Server classification of this server from "Root Server" to "Sub-Level Server".

    • Add the information of the Master Management Server.
      For details, refer to "Set Server Information" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

  3. For Link with Active Directory and centralized management of user information, match the settings in Set data linkage method in the System settings window for the Server Settings Tool on the Management Server with the settings on the Master Management Server.

  4. Construct a new Management Server C.
    For information on how to do so, refer to "Installation" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

    Set the following information in the Server Information Settings window of the Server Settings Tool.

    • Add the information of the Master Management Server.
      For details on how to do so, refer to "Set Server Information" of Systemwalker Desktop Keeper Installation Guide.

    • Set the Server classification of this server to "Sub-Level Server".

  5. Start the level control service and server service of the Master Management Server.

  6. Start the level control service and server service of Management Server A and Management Server C.

    After the service of the Management Server has been started, the information of the subordinate Management Server will be set automatically in the Master Management Server.

  7. When the client (CT) directly under the Master Management Server is connected, any of the following operations can be performed: