Granting privilege for remote management

For a replication target or a management system to remotely manage a local backup system, the backup system has to explicitly grant privilege to the manager. This is done to secure a two-way handshake between the manager and the managed system.

After granting remote management privilege to a system, you can administer nearly all actions on the managed system through a single pane of glass. There are a few exceptions. Log on locally to a system to perform the following functions:

Certain other operations are restricted if the remote system is not the same version as the manager. It is a best practice to always have all Unitrends systems on the latest version.

For details, see the following procedures:

To grant the remote management privilege

1

On the local backup system (managed system), select the blue system icon in the Navigation pane.

2

Select Settings > System, Updates, and Licensing > Grid Management.

3

Select Allow Remote Management at the bottom left.

4

Enter the hostname of the replication target or manager system.

Be sure to enter the hostname exactly as it appears in the hosts file on the target or manager system. To view a system’s hostname, select Settings > Clients, Networking, and Notifications > Networks > Hostname.

5

Click Confirm to grant the privilege.

6

On the replication target or manager system, refresh the view to display the managed system in the Navigation pane.

To revoke the remote management privilege

1

On the local backup system (managed system), select the blue system icon in the Navigation pane.

2

Select Settings > System, Updates, and Licensing > Grid Management.

3

Select Revoke Remote Management at the bottom right.

4

Enter the IP address of the manager system.

5

Click Confirm to revoke the privilege.

6

On the replication target or manager system, refresh the view to remove the system that is no longer managed from the Navigation pane.