Managing Repositories

The Device Initialization Tool automatically stores authentication devices in the root Devices repository (when you initialize new devices or import pre-initialized devices).

You can create additional folders (new repositories) in the Console’s root directory for storing devices, instead of permitting the tool to automatically store all devices in the root.

Whether you have a large user database or a relatively small one, it’s easier to manage devices if you store them in an organized way. How you choose to store them depends on your organizational structure.

Some general categories to consider are:

• User types such as Partners, Employees, Customers, and Suppliers.

• Device-specific categories (for example, tokens or mini-tokens).

• You might also want to organize your repositories to mirror your company structure, for example by:

  • Department

  • Region (for example, Asia Pacific)

  • Physical location of authentication servers (for example, London, Paris, New York).

• You can also use repositories to separate batches of devices.

After you begin to create new repositories, you can:

• Continue to store devices in the root repository (should that be appropriate).

• Initialize an entire batch of devices and store them in a single repository.

• Select a different repository each time you initialize a device.

• Set a repository to be the default repository.

• Create repositories within repositories.

• Drag a device from one repository to another.

Note:  

• You can continue creating new repositories as your system develops over time.

• You cannot change the name of an existing repository, so you should carefully decide on your repository structure and naming before you begin creating repositories.

• You should create your device repositories before you begin initializing authentication devices.

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