About Importing and Synchronizing |
After you have specified the sources for the VMP Server, you can synchronize your sources with the server to ensure that all information is up to date. You can synchronize manually or set up automatic synchronization.
The following synchronizations happen automatically, whether or not you have set up automatic synchronization:
The steps of the synchronization process depend on the sources that you have specified. The following screens are included:
Screen | Description |
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Reconfigure/Synchronize only | Specifies whether to reconfigure import sources before synchronization. This screen appears if you have already imported at least one source. |
Remote Sources | Lists the remote sources to be used in synchronization. Also enables you to specify automatic synchronization. |
Select Users | If you are importing from an Active Directory source, this screen enables you to specify which Organizational Units (OUs) are to be synchronized to create a VMP Distribution List. |
User/DL Synchronization | If you are importing from an Active Directory source, this screen enables you to specify whether to import users only, or whether to also import the OU hierarchy. If you are importing the OU hierarchy, you can specify whether you want the VMP Server to automatically create Distribution Lists from the imported OUs. |
Default DL Permissions | This screen appears only if you are importing from an Active Directory source, you are importing the OU hierarchy, and you are automatically converting OUs to Distribution Lists. For the initial Active Directory import, you can configure permissions for the default administrator and any groups selected for import. |
Field Mapping | For each selected source, this screen specifies how fields in the source are to be mapped to VMP user fields. |
Script | Creates the internal script that performs the synchronization. In this screen, you can manually specify the users or contacts to be added or updated and configure contact options before running the script. These options can be changed manually at any time after deployment. This screen is useful for defining device and wireless gateway assignments. |
Export Address Book Entries to Vocera | If you are importing from a Vocera Voice Server, this screen enables you to export a CSV file containing a list of the VMP users that do not have a Vocera ID. You can use this file to create address book entries in the Vocera Voice Server. See Address Book Entry Exporting for more information on this capability. |
Follow the steps shown below to perform a synchronization.