Note: This section applies only to Unitrends Enterprise Backup virtual systems. For Unitrends physical systems, click Next to skip this step in the Setup Wizard.
Unitrends Enterprise Backup virtual systems are deployed with 138 GB of space available for backup storage. If you would like to protect more than 138 GB of backup data, you need to create a new virtual disk, then use the Setup Wizard or Storage subsystem to expand storage. To configure the system installation type for replication, the system must have at least 128 GB of storage space.
All UEB storage should reside on a single array. For example, if you deployed to a disk that is internal to the hypervisor, you should add only direct attached storage (DAS). If you deployed to an external NAS or SAN, you should only add storage to that NAS or SAN. For details about storage strategies, see the UEB Deployment Guide for Hyper-V or the UEB Deployment Guide for VMware.
Warning: Once you add a disk to the datastore and expand storage, that disk is added to a logical volume. The newly added disk and any existing disks are then treated as one disk by the system. You cannot remove the disk once it has been added. Removing a disk after expanding storage results in data loss and corruption. |
To expand storage, add a virtual disk to the UEB virtual machine using the hypervisor, and then expand the backup device in the Unitrends system.
Note: For UEB systems, it is best to attach external backup storage through the hypervisor and deploy the UEB VM to this same external storage array, as described in these guides: UEB Deployment Guide for VMware and UEB Deployment Guide for Hyper-V. If you must connect to external storage from the UEB virtual machine directly through network protocols (NFS, CIFS, or iSCSI), be sure to use a supported vendor listed in KB 1574.
See the following topics for instructions on expanding storage:
• To create additional backup storage for Hyper-V