Use these tabs on the Configure page to manage appliances and assets:
From this tab you can view, add, modify, and remove appliances. Tasks are performed using the buttons across the top of the tab and the sub-tabs at the bottom. For detailed procedures, see Appliance settings and Remote Appliance Management .
The Appliances tab displays the Unitrends appliance you are logged in to (called the local appliance), as well as any others it is managing or receiving backup copies from. The following information is provided for each appliance:
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Description |
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Appliance |
Name of the Unitrends appliance. |
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Status |
Appliance status:
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Address |
Appliance IP address. |
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Version |
Unitrends software version running on the appliance. |
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Storage |
Total backup storage capacity. Hover to see amount used / total capacity. |
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Registered Assets |
Number of assets that have been added to the appliance. |
These buttons are available:
• | View Table / View List – Changes the tab view. View appliances in a list or in a table. |
• | Add Appliance – Use to add an appliance so you can manage it from the UI of the local appliance. |
• | Edit – Use to edit the selected appliance. Modify various options, such as email, users, and date and time. |
• | Remove – Use to remove the selected appliance from the list. |
These sub-tabs are used to view and modify additional features of the selected appliance:
• | Storage sub-tab – Use to add, edit, remove, and disable/enable backup storage. (Adding storage is supported for Unitrends Backup appliances only.) For more information, see Backup storage. |
• | Backup Copy Targets sub-tab – Use to add, edit, remove, disable/enable, erase, and scan for (discover) backup copy targets. For more information, see Backup copy targets. |
• | Network sub-tab – Use to view and edit network settings for each network adapter on the selected appliance, and to view and edit the appliance's hosts file and port security settings. For more information, see Appliance network settings. |
• | Interactions sub-tab – Use to add, edit, and remove the ConnectWise Professional Services Automation (PSA) tool, send test tickets, and view ticket history. For more information, see ConnectWise PSA Integration. |
From this tab you can view, add, modify, and remove assets (the machines and applications you protect with your Unitrends appliance). Tasks are performed using the buttons across the top of the tab. For detailed procedures, see Managing protected assets.
The Protected Assets tab displays all assets that have been added to the local appliance and added to any managed appliances. Virtual hosts and physical servers display as top-level nodes in the list. To view individual virtual machines and applications, expand the virtual host or application server. The following information is provided for each asset:
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Description |
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Name |
Name of the asset. |
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Address |
IP address of the virtual host or physical asset. |
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Description |
Description of the asset. |
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Credentials |
Indicates whether credentials have been assigned to the asset:
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Retention |
The asset’s retention policy. |
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Encrypted |
Indicates whether backups are encrypted (Yes or No). |
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Agent Version |
Unitrends agent version running on the asset. |
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Appliance |
The name of the appliance that manages the asset. |
These buttons are available:
• | View Table / View List – Changes the tab view. View assets in a list or in a table. |
• | Display All / Display Virtual / Display Physical – Use to filter the assets that display. |
• | Add – Use to add an asset to the local appliance or to a managed appliance. For details, see Protected assets. |
• | Manage Credentials – Use to add, edit, and delete credentials. After creating a credential, you can apply it to an asset. For details, see Asset credentials. |
• | Manage Global VM Settings - Use to choose the quiesce setting that will be applied to all newly discovered VMware, AHV, and XenServer VMs on the selected appliance. You can also opt to apply this setting to current VMs. For details, see Quiesce settings for host-level backups. |
• | Update Agent - Use to install Windows agent updates on all Windows assets or on selected Windows assets. For details, see Push-installing the Windows agent. |
• | Edit – Use to edit the selected asset. Modify various options, such as encryption, credentials, and retention. For details, see Protected assets. |
• | Remove – Use to remove the selected asset from the appliance. For details, see Managing protected assets. |
Displays only for local appliances that are receiving backup copies from another Unitrends appliance. The tab lists all assets whose backup copies are stored on the local appliance. From this tab you can view, edit, and remove copied assets by using the buttons across the top of the tab. For detailed procedures, see Copied Assets.
The following information is provided for each copied asset:
Column |
Description |
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Name |
The name of the copied asset. |
Description |
Description of the asset. |
Retention |
The copied asset's retention policy. |
Source Appliance |
The name of the appliance that manages the asset and sends backup copies. |
These buttons are available:
• | Display All / Display Virtual / Display Physical – Use to filter the assets that display. |
• | Edit – Use to apply a retention policy to the selected copied asset. (Supported only if the local appliance is managing the backup copy source appliance.) For details, see Managing retention with long-term data management. |
• | Remove – Use to remove the selected copied asset from the appliance. For details, see Managing protected assets. |