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Chapter 3
Synchronizing the storage system and Active Directory server
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3. Make the desired changes, if any, and click Apply:
To change this
The IP address of the
primary Active Directory
server
The IP address of the
secondary Active Directory
server
The user name or password
for browsing the Active
Directory tree
The number of minutes
between synchronizations
By default, the storage system obtains information about users and groups from the
Active Directory server every 30 minutes, and you can change this value (as
described in "Modifying the Active Directory
If you add a new user or group to the Active Directory server and don't want to wait
until the next synchronization before assigning that user or group to a shared folder,
you can synchronize the storage system and Active Directory server immediately.
You should also do this if a user's password changed on the Active Directory server
and the user can no longer access shared folders on the storage system.
To synchronize the storage system and Active Directory server:
Managing Your Storage System
Do this
In the Primary server IP address text box, enter the IP
address of your primary Active Directory server. (You
cannot use the server's name.)
Note: The new server must reside in the same domain
as the original server. To change domains, you must
switch back to local authentication mode and then
switch to Active Directory authentication mode again (as
described in "Changing the authentication
In the Secondary server IP address text box, enter the
IP address of your secondary Active Directory server.
(You cannot use the server's name.)
Note: The secondary server must reside in the same
domain as the primary server.
In the User name text box, enter the name of a user who
has privileges to access the Active Directory tree.
In the Password text box, enter the password
associated with that user name.
This user name and password will be used to obtain new
user and group information from the Active Directory
server at every synchronization.
In the Synchronization interval (minutes) text box,
enter the number of minutes that should elapse between
synchronizations.
If this interval is too short, network traffic might be
adversely affected. If this interval is too long, users
whose passwords have changed might experience
problems accessing shared folders.
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