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Testing connections for a target system

You can perform the following tests to help determine whether your target system has been set up and added to Bravura Security Fabric correctly (required client software is installed, target system address and target system administrator credentials are accurate, and so on). This is not supported for IT Service Management (Ticket) systems.

Administrator credentials

For this test, Bravura Security Fabric performs simple password verifications using the selected target system administrators’ credentials. The test uses the connector’s ’get server information’ operation.

To run this test:

  1. Navigate to the target system’s Test connection page (Manage the System > Resources > Target systems> [Manually defined | Automatically discovered] > < Target system >).

  2. If required, clear the checkboxes next to the target system administrator whose credentials you do not want to test.

  3. Click Test credentials.

Bravura Security Fabric displays the results next to each target system administrator .

Warning

Depending on your target system’s security policies, testing an invalid password too many times may trigger an intruder lockout on that system. Do not repeat this operation if you are unsure of the actual password.

User lists

For this test, Bravura Security Fabric performs a list operation to enumerate user accounts on the target system. The results of the list operation are for testing purposes only and, unlike during auto discovery , will not be loaded into the database.

Listing can be a costly operation on the target system. When you click Test list , the operation is run to completion which may take a long time on some systems.

To run this test:

  1. Navigate to the target system’s Test connection page (Manage the System > Resources > Target systems> [Manually defined | Automatically discovered] > < Target system > ).

  2. If required, type the Timeout (in seconds) for list operation.

    If there are many accounts on the target system, you may need to increase the timeout.

  3. Click Test list .

    Bravura Security Fabric begins the user list operation.

  4. Click Show users to display the contents of the generated user list file (<target ID>.test.db).

    Conversely, you can click Hide users to hide the list file contents.

While the list operation is running, you can click the Refresh button in the Bravura Security Fabric navigation bar to update the page status. When the operation completes, the “Number of users found” should match the number of accounts on the target system.

See also

The Test list button executes the testlist program. See usage information for testlist .

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