Use these procedures to add attached disk storage to the Unitrends Backup appliance. You can view the appliance's disk storage in the Edit Storage dialog. Disks that have been added to the Unitrends Backup VM using the hypervisor display as /dev/sdx/, where x indicates alphabetically the order in which the disks were added to the VM. For example, the initial disk is always /dev/sda/, the first disk that was added as the initial backup storage device is /dev/sdb/, the next would be /dev/sdc/, etc.
See the following topics for details:
1 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
2 | Click the Storage tab. |
3 | Select the Internal storage and click Edit. |
4 | Manage the attached disks as desired. If a virtual disk you would like to add does not display, click Refresh. |
5 | Once finished editing the storage, click Save. |
Note: Once a disk has been added, it cannot be removed.
1 | Go to the hypervisor and add a virtual disk to the Unitrends Backup VM: |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to an ESXi host, see one of the following VMware documents: |
– | vSphere 5.1: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 5.1 |
– | vSphere 5.5: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 5.5 |
– | vSphere 6.0: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 6.0 |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to a Hyper-V host, Unitrends recommends that you use a VHD(X) disk and that you add the disk to the SCSI controller. See the following Microsoft documents: |
– | To create a virtual hard disk |
– | To add a hard disk to a virtual machine |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to a XenServer host, Unitrends recommends that you add the VHD disk to the SCSI controller. VM disks cannot be attached as Read Only. Be sure to use the Read Only = No setting when attaching disks. |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is on an external SAN connected to the hypervisor, add another LUN and expose it to the Unitrends Backup VM. Then go to the hypervisor and add new virtual disks to the VM using storage on the LUN you added. |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is on an external NAS share connected to the hypervisor, add another NAS share. Then go to the hypervisor and add new virtual disks to the Unitrends Backup VM using storage on the share you added. |
2 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
3 | Click the Storage tab. |
4 | Select the Internal storage and click Edit. |
5 | In the Manage Attached Disks area: |
• | To add an attached disk, select the desired disk from the list of available attached disks and click Add. |
• | To remove an attached disk, select it from the list of available attached disks and click Remove. |
• | Clicking Reset reverts all disk settings to the original settings. |
• | To refresh the list of available disks, click Refresh. |
6 | Adjust the storage allocation for Backups and IR as desired. |
7 | Click Save. On the Configure > Appliances page, the status initially displays as Pending. When the disk is finished attaching, the status converts to Active and the storage can be used. |
8 | If desired, repeat this procedure to add another disk. |
1 | Go to the hypervisor and add a virtual disk to the Unitrends Backup VM: |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to an ESXi host, see one of the following VMware documents: |
– | vSphere 5.1: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 5.1 |
– | vSphere 5.5: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 5.5 |
– | vSphere 6.0: Create a Virtual Disk in vSphere Client 6.0 |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to a Hyper-V host, Unitrends recommends that you use a VHD(X) disk and that you add the disk to the SCSI controller. See the following Microsoft documents: |
– | To create a virtual hard disk |
– | To add a hard disk to a virtual machine |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is DAS internal to a XenServer host, Unitrends recommends that you add the VHD disk to the SCSI controller. VM disks cannot be attached as Read Only. Be sure to use the Read Only = No setting when attaching disks. |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is on an external SAN connected to the hypervisor, add another LUN and expose it to the Unitrends Backup VM. Then go to the hypervisor and add new virtual disks to the VM using storage on the LUN you added. |
• | For an appliance whose initial backup storage is on an external NAS share connected to the hypervisor, add another NAS share. Then go to the hypervisor and add new virtual disks to the Unitrends Backup VM using storage on the share you added. |
2 | On the Configure > Appliances page, select your appliance. |
3 | Click the Storage tab. |
4 | Select Add Storage > Attached. |
5 | Enter a unique Name for the storage. This name cannot contain spaces. |
6 | In the Manage Attached Disks area, select the desired disk from the list of available attached disks and click Add. |
• | To refresh the list of available disks, click Refresh. |
• | To remove an attached disk, select it from the list of available attached disks and click Remove. |
• | Clicking Reset reverts all disk settings to the original settings. |
7 | Click Save. On the Configure > Appliances page, the status initially displays as Pending. Once the disk attaches, the status converts to Active and the storage is available for use. |
8 | If desired, repeat this procedure to add another disk. |