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About this Guide

This guide describes how to administer Unitrends backup and recovery solutions using the current User Interface (UI). If you are using the legacy UI, see the Administrator Guide for Recovery Series and Unitrends Backup - Legacy Interface. For UI considerations, see Which UI should I use? in the Upgrade Guide for Recovery Series and Unitrends Backup.

Before getting started with this guide, you must deploy your appliance and configure network settings. For deployment instructions, see the following resources:

Quick Start Guide for Recovery Series Appliances
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on VMware
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on Hyper-V
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on Citrix XenServer
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup on Nutanix AHV
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup in Microsoft Azure
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup in Amazon Web Services
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Free on VMware
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Free on Hyper-V

This guide is intended for administrators and technical personnel responsible for configuring and administering Unitrends appliances, and assumes intermediate to advanced computer skills. Procedures and considerations in this guide follow best practices and requirements for the successful administration and configuration of your Unitrends backup and recovery solution.

Procedures in this guide cover supported features for Recovery Series appliances, Unitrends Backup editions, and Unitrends Free editions.

Supported features vary by appliance type and edition. To view supported features for your appliance, consult the following resources at Unitrends.com:

Unitrends Recovery Series Features
Recovery Series Appliance Family Datasheet
Unitrends Backup Editions

All procedures are run from the appliance UI, unless otherwise specified. Elements in the UI are dynamic and display according to the user's role, appliance edition, environment, and type of data. For example:

A user with the manage role and backup operator access level cannot run a recovery job. The Recover tab in the UI is disabled for this user.
Adding backup storage does not apply to Recovery Series appliances. The Add Storage option does not display in the Recovery Series UI.
Citrix XenServer host-level backups are not supported on Unitrends Backup on Hyper-V appliances. XenServer does not display in the list of hypervisors in the Add Virtual Host dialog.

Access the UI with a Firefox or Chrome Internet browser. Internet Explorer is not supported.