Using dual control

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Use the Copy Services Manager GUI to enable or disable dual control requests. You can approve, reject, cancel, or view a listing of dual control requests in both the GUI and CLI.

Modifying Dual Control

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You can modify dual control by using the GUI.

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Follow these steps to modify dual control:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager GUI as a user with administrator privileges, either as an Admin or a User Admin.
  2. Click Settings > Administration.
  3. Click Modify next to "Dual Control:".
  4. You are prompted to select a Dual Control Mode: Full Dual Control Mode, Safeguarded Copy Dual Control Mode or Disable Dual Control.

Results

Your request is sent, and appears in the Notifications > Dual Control Requests table.

A second administrator (Admin or User Admin) must approve your request. You can also view and cancel your request from the Notifications > Dual Control Requests table before it is approved or rejected. For more information, see Canceling a dual control request.

Viewing dual control requests

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You can use either the GUI or CLI to view a listing of pending dual control requests.

Viewing dual control requests by using the GUI

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You can use the GUI to view pending dual control requests.

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If there are any pending dual control requests, you see a number that is listed on the Notifications tab that corresponds to the number of pending requests.
Note: You can only see pending requests that you can approve, reject, or cancel. When a request is approved, rejected, or canceled, it no longer displays in the table. The console shows the history for previous dual control requests.

Follow these steps to view dual control requests in the GUI:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager GUI.
  2. Click notifications > Dual Control Requests to view a table that lists all the active dual control requests.

Results

All the requests that require approval from or where created by the current user are displayed.

Viewing dual control requests by using the CLI

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You can use the CLI to view pending dual control requests.

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Follow these steps to view pending dual control requests by using the CLI:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager CLI.
  2. Enter the following command: lsdcrequests-l.
    Note: See lsdcrequests for more on using this command.For more information, see the Copy Services Manager Command-Line Interface User's Guide..

Results

All the requests that require approval from or where created by the current user are displayed.

Approving or rejecting a dual control request

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You can use either the GUI or CLI to approve or reject a dual control request.

Approving or rejecting a dual control request by using the GUI

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You can use the GUI to approve or reject a dual control request.

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For any pending dual control requests, you notice that the Notifications feature displays the number of pending requests. The displayed number accurately represents the total count of requests that require approval.

Follow these steps to approve or reject a dual control request by using the GUI:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager GUI.
  2. Click notifications > Dual Control Requests to view a table that lists all the pending dual control requests.
  3. Click Approve for any requests that you want to approve. A confirmation message displays for you to confirm or cancel the approval. Click Yes to approve or No to cancel. Or you can click Reject for any requests that you want to reject. A message box displays in which you can enter a reason for rejecting the request. Click Reject again to reject the request, or click close to cancel.
    Note: If you confirm the approval or rejection, then the request goes away. No undo action to reject a previous approval, or approve a previous rejection is available.

Results

The request is approved or rejected for the associated action or command, and disappears from the list of pending requests.

Approving or rejecting a dual control request by using the CLI

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You can use the CLI to approve or reject a dual control request.

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Only an Admin or User Admin, who is different from the one who sent the original request, can approve or reject dual control requests.

Follow these steps to approve or reject a dual control request by using the CLI:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager CLI.
  2. Enter the following command: dcrequestaction, along with the appropriate syntax to approve or reject the request.
    Note: See dcrequestaction for more on using this command.For more information, see the Copy Services Manager Command-Line Interface User's Guide..

Results

The request is approved or rejected for the associated action or command.

Canceling a dual control request

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You can cancel a dual control request that you submitted for approval.

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If you submit a dual control request that requires approval, and then want to cancel it before it gets approved, you can do so. Only the individual who submitted the request can cancel it.
You can cancel a dual control request from the GUI with the Cancel button.
Note: To "cancel" a dual control request from the CLI, you would use the dcrequestaction command to reject it. See dcrequestaction for more on using this command.For more information, see the Copy Services Manager Command-Line Interface User's Guide..

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Copy Services Manager GUI.
  2. Click Notifications > Dual Control Requests to view a table that lists all active dual control requests.
  3. Click Cancel next to the request that you want to cancel.
    Note: The cancel button appears next to a request only if the logged in user is the requester of the associated dual control request.

Results

The request is canceled, and disappears from the table of pending dual control requests.