Avocent DSView 3 - Manual (Page 325)

Chapter 21: Using Tasks 303
Task: Validating user accounts on an external authentication server
This task may be used to ensure that LDAP, Active Directory and NT external authentication
services contain accounts for users. Any user accounts not found on the external authentication
server will be flagged as suspicious (a question mark icon will appear to the left of the user’s
name). Suspicious accounts are indicated in event log files.
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see Running tasks manually on
page 305.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window will open.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard will appear. Click Next.
4. The Select Task to Add window will open.
a. Select Validate external authentication server user accounts from the drop-down menu.
b. Type a 1-64 character name for the task.
c. Click Next.
5. The Select When to Run the Task window will open. Select a time to run the task (see
Specifying when to run tasks on page 292), then click Next.
6. The Completed Successful window will open. Click Finish. The Tasks window will open.
Task: Pull names from selected units
Automatic name pull (see Automatic name pull on page 117) is not supported on some managed
appliances, including the LANDesk Server Manager. To keep these appliances synchronized with
the DSView 3 software, you may instead schedule the pull names task.
NOTE: For more information about LANDesk Server Manager integration, see the DSView 3 Software Plug-in for
LANDesk Server Manager online help.
This task may be used to pull names from a managed appliance and update the DSView 3 software
database. This task performs the same operations as the Pull Names from Appliance option in the
Operations menu (see Name Synchronization on page 115).
Once this task is added, you may run it on demand at any time; see Running tasks manually on
page 305.
To add the task:
1. Click the System tab.
2. Click Tasks in the top navigation bar. The Tasks window opens.
3. Click Add. The Add Task Wizard appears. Click Next.
4. The Select Task to Add window opens. Select Pull Names from selected units from the drop-
down menu.