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Global options toolbar

The toolbar across the top of the user interface includes several menus to edit global options, perform administrative tasks, and access additional resources.

Root

The default user account is Root. From this menu you can view and edit your user account details and log out.

Options

From the Options drop-down menu, you can select from the following options:

Inventory Sync
Check for updates
Open legacy interface

Help

From the Help drop-down menu, you can select from the following options:

Online Help – displays the online help for your Unitrends appliance.
Open Support Tunnel – select to open a support tunnel while working with Unitrends Support. Note the tunnel number to supply to the Support Engineer. Select Close Support Tunnel when you are through working with the Support Engineer.
Product Tour – select to open a tour that assists with registering a virtual host and creating a backup job, and shows you around the interface.
Feedback – select to send product feedback and enhancement requests to Unitrends.
About – select to view the appliance’s name, IP address (physical appliances), and version, and asset tag.

Alerts

The Alert dialog includes errors, warnings, and alerts relevant to the appliance. On hover, individual controls for each alert are displayed. Clicking an alert opens the alert details dialog. Clicking on VIEW MORE ALERTS opens the Alerts page, with a list of alerts for the selected date range. By default, the date range is Showing All. On the Alerts page you can export the alerts information to a PDF or a CSV file by clicking on the applicable options in the upper right.