7Using Global ViewThis topic describes how to monitor and navigate to multiple DR systems in your enterprise using the Global Viewfeature, which provides a real-time view of multiple DR systems in your enterprise.About Global ViewsThe Global View is a dashboard that provides a holistic picture of all DR Systems added to it, making it easy to monitorand manage remote systems. For example, suppose you are an administrator in a headquarters office with a DR unit.You have three branch offices, each with two DR units that replicate to the headquarters office. You can use GlobalView to monitor all of the branch office units (as well as your headquarters unit) on a single page. A drop-down list andlinks provide easy navigation to any DR system in the view.Following are tips and constraints for using Global View:• For streamlined navigation, your location in the GUI is saved when you navigate between DR systems in thedashboard. For example, suppose you are on the Software Upgrade page in one DR system. When you navigate toanother DR system from the Global View page, the Software Upgrade page of the new DR system appears.• The Global View dashboard on a DR Series system is local to that system; the Global View information is maintainedin a physical file on the system. If the machine goes down or is otherwise unavailable, the Global View isunavailable. In addition, if a factory refresh is performed on the machine, the Global View information will be lost andyou must re-add the machines to the Global View dashboard.• You can define an identical Global View on another DR system in your domain to serve as a backup if the DR systemthat contains the original Global View is down or otherwise unavailable. For example, suppose you have three DRSeries systems: A, B, and C. All of these are on the same Active Directory Services (ADS) domain and have identicallogin credentials. You log in to DR Series system A, and on its Global View page, you add DR Series systems B and C(resulting in A, B, and C being in the view). Then you log in to DR Series system B and add A and C to its Global Viewpage (also resulting in A, B, and C being in the view).• You cannot import or export a Global View dashboard configuration. To create a Global View, you must manuallydefine it by adding machines to the Global View dashboard. For details, see Adding a DR Series System to GlobalView .NOTE: If you are using Internet Explorer 10, it is recommended that you disable the pop-up blocker to allow DRunits to open in new browser windows when you navigate to them within Global View.PrerequisitesThe Global View feature is available on all DR Series systems that have version 3.0.0.1 (or newer) software installed. Thesystem to which you are currently logged in is automatically included by default in the Global View page; however, anyother systems must be explicitly added. For details, see Adding a DR Series System to Global View.Following are the prerequisites that must be met in order to successfully add and view your DR Series systems in theGlobal View page.• All DR Series systems must have the same version of 3.x software installed. Systems running older softwareversions cannot be added to the Global View page.• All DR Series systems must be in the same Active Directory Services (ADS) domain, in the same login group, andhave identical login credentials. This includes the system to which you are currently logged in. For details, see theprocedures that follow.113
