Cisco Acs 57 User Guide

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Configuring System Operations
Editing Instances
Replication Time  Time stamp of the last replication. The time stamp is in the form hh:mm dd:mm:yyyy.
Version Current version of the ACS software running on the secondary ACS instance. Valid values can be 
the version string or, if a software upgrade is initiated, Upgrade in progress.
Description Description of the secondary instance.
Edit Select the secondary instance that you want to edit and click this button to edit it.
Delete Select the secondary...

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Editing Instances
Note: ACS displays two asterisks “**” in a column when that particular ACS instance information is unavailable. The 
two asterisks indicate that the communication is not available and you need to log in to that particular ACS instance 
to view the required information. 
Note: You will not have session time-outs if you are on the Distributed System Management Page as the page is refreshed 
automatically at regular intervals.
2.From the Primary Instance...

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Editing Instances
4.Click Submit.
The Primary Instance table on the Distributed System Management page appears with the edited primary instance.
Related Topics
Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance, page 20
Viewing and Editing a Secondary Instance, page 13
Viewing and Editing a Secondary Instance
To edit a secondary instance:
1.Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management.
The Distributed System Management page appears...

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Activating a Secondary Instance
Viewing and Editing a Primary Instance, page 9
Deleting a Secondary Instance
To delete a secondary instance:
1.Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management.
The Secondary Instances table on the Distributed System Management page appears with a list of secondary 
instances. 
2.Deregister the secondary instance you wish to delete. Refer to Deregistering Secondary Instances from the 
Distributed System...

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Configuring System Operations
Registering a Secondary Instance to a Primary Instance
Deregistering a Secondary Instance from the Deployment Operations Page, page 18
Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management Page, page 19
Using the Deployment Operations Page to Create a Local Mode Instance, page 22
Registering a Secondary Instance to a Primary Instance
To register a secondary instance to a primary instance:
1.Log into the machine that will be used as a secondary...

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Registering a Secondary Instance to a Primary Instance
Reconnect
This option appears only 
on the local mode node 
and prompts you for 
credentials.Click Reconnect to reconnect to the primary instance. 
Once you reconnect to the primary instance, you lose the configuration changes that you have 
made to the local secondary instance.
If you want to retain the configuration changes that you have made to the local secondary 
instance, you must:
1.Deregister the local...

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Deregistering Secondary Instances from the Distributed System Management Page
4.Specify the appropriate values in the Registration Section. 
5.Click Register to Primary.
The following warning message is displayed.
This operation will register this ACS Instance as a secondary to the specified Primary Instance. 
ACS will be restarted. You will be required to login again. Do you wish to continue?
6.Click OK.
The Secondary Instance is restarted automatically. 
The...

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Deregistering a Secondary Instance from the Deployment Operations Page
3.Click Deregister.
The system displays the following warning message:
This operation will deregister this server as a secondary with the primary server. ACS will be 
restarted. You will be required to login again. Do you wish to continue?
4.Click OK.
5.Log into the ACS machine.
6.Choose System Administration > Operations > Distributed System Management.
The Distributed System Management page appears...

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Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management Page
Deleting a Secondary Instance, page 14
Activating a Secondary Instance, page 14
Deregistering Secondary Instances from the Distributed System Management Page, page 17
Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management Page, page 19
Using the Deployment Operations Page to Create a Local Mode Instance, page 22
Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System...

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Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance
Related Topics
Viewing and Editing a Secondary Instance, page 13
Deleting a Secondary Instance, page 14
Replicating a Secondary Instance from a Primary Instance, page 20
Activating a Secondary Instance, page 14
Deregistering Secondary Instances from the Distributed System Management Page, page 17
Promoting a Secondary Instance from the Distributed System Management Page, page 19
Using the Deployment...