To configure a farm for Unitrends protection

Use this procedure to configure a farm deployment containing one to many servers. For single server installations, see To configure services on a standalone SharePoint server. To check your SharePoint installation type, see To determine the SharePoint installation type.

This procedure assumes your SharePoint environment has been setup in accordance with Microsoft best practices, with an SPFarmBackup domain account that is a member of the local administrators group.

If you have a non-standard configuration, see the KB 851 article for additional requirements.

1        Install the Unitrends Windows agent on the primary node as described in Manually installing the Windows agents.

The primary node is the one running the Central Administration service. To see services on each node, log in to any node in the farm and select All Programs > Microsoft SharePoint Products > SharePoint Central Administration. On the Central Administration page, select System Settings > Manage servers in the farm.

2        Log in to the primary node and open Services.

3        Verify that the following services are running. If not, start them.

     SharePoint 2010/2013 Timer or Windows SharePoint Services Timer.

     SharePoint 2010/2013 Administrator or Windows SharePoint Services Administration.

4        For each of the above services, set the startup type to automatic.

Note: For Unitrends release 7.0/Windows 7.0 agent only, you must also modify the BP Agent service. Right-click the BP Agent service and select Properties. On the Log On tab, change Local System Account to Domain\SPFarmBackup. Restart the BP Agent service by right-clicking and selecting Restart. This step is not needed on release 7.1 or higher.

5        Add the primary node to the Unitrends backup system as described in About adding clients. Be sure to setup administrative trust credentials during the registration process. Once added, select the SharePoint server in the Navigation pane and verify that you see the SharePoint application icon below.

The farm is now configured and you can begin protecting your SharePoint environment. See Executing SharePoint backups for details.