Step II:     Granting privilege for legacy vault remote management

Tip: The steps described here can be run as a standalone procedure or as part of a larger process. For an overview of the process, see To set up vaulting between a backup system and vault.

For a vault or a management system to remotely manage a local backup system, the backup system has to explicitly grant privilege to the manager. This is done to secure a two-way handshake between the manager and the managed system.

After granting remote management privilege to a system, you can administer nearly all actions on the managed system through a single pane of glass. There are a few exceptions. Log on locally to a system to perform the following functions:

     Manage and create customers, locations, and users.

     Change the local system password.

Certain other operations are restricted if the remote system is not the same version as the manager. It is a best practice to always have all Unitrends systems on the latest version.

To grant the remote management privilege to the legacy vault

1        On the local backup system, select Settings > System, Updates, and Licensing > Grid Management.

2        Select Allow Remote Management at the bottom left.

3        Enter the hostname of the vault or manager system.

Be sure to enter the hostname exactly as it appears in the hosts file on the vault or manager system. To view a system’s hostname, select Settings > Clients, Networking, and Notifications > Networks > Hostname.

4        Click Confirm to grant the privilege.

5        Proceed to Adding the backup system to the vault to continue vaulting setup.