New Backup Solution In My New Virtualized Environment

scottalanmiller

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garak0410

There are 2 places to get the agent for Windows. You can get them on the web site: http://www.unitrends.com/support/latest-agent-releases , or you can pull them from the share on the appliance (UEB). If you go to your server, open up <Run> and enter \192.168.1.50 (ex. ...it's whatever the IP of the UEB is) you can see the Windows Agent Share folder and get it from there. There will be a 32 and 64 bit option, as well as the bare metal agent, which is only for physical Windows platforms (not virtual).

Excellent...this helped...was able to load the agent on my virtual Domain Controller...now next question...

How do I set up a connection to my NAS to store the backups? Does it need to be a VDISK or can I use a network path to the NAS? Wasn't sure what option sets up Backup Destination.

art_of_shred

Follow this...

http://www.unitrends.com/documents/administrators-guide/user_manual/getting_started/to_create_additional_backup_storage_for_hyper-v.htm

Then this...

http://www.unitrends.com/documents/administrators-guide/user_manual/getting_started/to_expand_storage.htm#XREF_77149_To_expand_storage

garak0410

@art_of_shred said:

Follow this...

http://www.unitrends.com/documents/administrators-guide/user_manual/getting_started/to_create_additional_backup_storage_for_hyper-v.htm

Then this...

http://www.unitrends.com/documents/administrators-guide/user_manual/getting_started/to_expand_storage.htm#XREF_77149_To_expand_storage

Excellent...thanks! Freeing up space from my NAS to make room to test this...

garak0410

So, I will see where this leads over the next few days...

I assume I should also have a solution for my Host right? But the free Unitrends won't take care of that...correct?

I'll be keeping my current solution for now to backup SQL.

Dashrender

As long as you have the host well documented it's less important. There should be nothing installed in the host other than Hyper-V. Then document whatever networks you setup, etc.

If it dies, use that information to rebuild your host, then you install Unitrends from either a DVD back of the OVF or redownload it, then point at your backups and restore.

scottalanmiller

@garak0410 said:

I assume I should also have a solution for my Host right? But the free Unitrends won't take care of that...correct?

No. Don't back up the host. There should be nothing there to protect.

garak0410

Question about backup drives in Unitrends. Does the drive have to be an attached VDISK or can backups go to a network location? I am trying to create a VDISK on our NAS to attach to the Unitrends VM and it drive creation is just CREEPING...terrible slow. I've checked the storage options and they all appear to have to be VDISKS unless I am missing something.

Thanks...

art_of_shred

You can create a CIFS or NFS share on your NAS to attach storage that way. Here's how...

http://support.unitrends.com/ikm/questions.php?questionid=936

garak0410

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garak0410

@garak0410 said:

@art_of_shred said:

You can create a CIFS or NFS share on your NAS to attach storage that way. Here's how...

http://support.unitrends.com/ikm/questions.php?questionid=936

This helps...now if I can get past this point, I'll be good:

The login info is correct but I am sure there is something missing...

It wanted CIFS...working now...moving on...

garak0410

When trying to run some test backups, now getting this:

"[System] file-level backups not supported in Free Edition License."

Getting confused now in this free license...I've looked at this but it doesn't help: http://support.unitrends.com/ikm/questions.php?questionid=809

scottalanmiller

My understanding is that you can only do VM backups with that license.

art_of_shred

Right, @scottalanmiller : the free UEB does not support physical clients. File-level backups denotes physical.

scottalanmiller

You can still restore individual files. It's just the backup type that isn't supported.

garak0410

@scottalanmiller said:

My understanding is that you can only do VM backups with that license.

This is a VM I am trying to connect to...

scottalanmiller

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

My understanding is that you can only do VM backups with that license.

This is a VM I am trying to connect to...

Are you connecting to the platform or trying to connect to the VM itself? If the latter, you are treating like it is physical and that is what you can't do.

What you do is attach to VMware and backup that way, you don't attach to an individual VM.

alexntg

@scottalanmiller said:

@garak0410 said:

@scottalanmiller said:

My understanding is that you can only do VM backups with that license.

This is a VM I am trying to connect to...

Are you connecting to the platform or trying to connect to the VM itself? If the latter, you are treating like it is physical and that is what you can't do.

What you do is attach to VMware and backup that way, you don't attach to an individual VM.

He's on Hyper-V

scottalanmiller

Ah yes. But does that change anything?

alexntg

@scottalanmiller said:

Ah yes. But does that change anything?

No idea; I'm not a Unitrends user.