About renaming clients

Although you can rename a client in the Unitrends system, it is best practice not to change the name of a client because this can have undesirable results for replicating, vaulting, and archiving systems. Instead, it is recommended that you add the client to the system as a new client with a new name using the procedure described in To add a client to the Unitrends appliance. Before adding the new client, change the IP address of the existing client in the Unitrends system to avoid conflicts. When you have built up retention for the new client, you can delete the original client (and its associated backups). For details, see To delete a client.

If it is necessary to rename a client, use the procedure described above in To modify a client. You must save any backup schedules associated with this client after renaming it, or backup jobs for the client will not queue.