1.3 Post-Setup Tasks

After the initial setup of the appliance, proceed to the following post-setup tasks:

  1. (International versions) Set up PlateSpin Forge and your browser for use in a specific supported language. See Language Setup for International Versions of PlateSpin Forge in your Configuration Guide.

  2. Activate your PlateSpin license. See Product Licensing in your Configuration Guide.

  3. (Optional) Configure appliance host networking to separate replication or failover traffic from your main production network. See Setting up Appliance Networking.

  4. (Optional) Set up the proper role-based access to Forge. See Setting Up User Authorization and Authentication in your Configuration Guide. In particular, make sure that you immediately change the default Administrator password (Changing the PlateSpin Forge Administrator Password).

  5. (Optional) Configure SMTP settings and add e-mail notification recipients. For information, see Setting Up E-Mail Notifications of Events in your Configuration Guide.

  6. (Optional) Add additional data storage capacity to Forge. See Using External Storage Solutions with PlateSpin Forge.