Registering clients

Before you begin

Determine whether the client requires an administrative user ID with client owner authority over the client node. To determine which clients require an administrative user ID, see technote 7048963.

Restriction: For some types of clients, the client node name and the administrative user ID must match. You cannot authenticate those clients by using the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol authentication method that was introduced in V7.1.7. For details about this authentication method, sometimes referred to as integrated mode, see Authenticating users by using an Active Directory database.

Procedure

To register a client, complete one of the following actions.

If the client requires an administrative user ID, register the client by using the REGISTER NODE command and specify the USERID parameter:
```
register node node_name password userid=node_name
```
where node_name specifies the node name and password specifies the node password. For details, see Register a node.
If the client does not require an administrative user ID, register the client by using the Operations Center Add Client wizard. Complete the following steps:
1. On the Operations Center menu bar, click Clients.
2. In the Clients table, click +Client.
3. Complete the steps in the Add Client wizard:
  1. Specify that redundant data can be eliminated on both the client and server. In the Client-side data deduplication area, select the Enable check box.
  2. In the Configuration window, copy the TCPSERVERADDRESS, TCPPORT, NODENAME, and DEDUPLICATION option values.
    Tip: Record the option values and keep them in a safe place. After you complete the client registration and install the software on the client node, use the values to configure the client.
  3. Follow the instructions in the wizard to specify the policy domain, schedule, and option set.
  4. Set how risks are displayed for the client by specifying the at-risk setting.
  5. Click Add Client.