Typically, it should not be necessary to shut down your Unitrends system unless you need to:
• | Reboot after installing an update |
• | Power down a physical appliance to perform maintenance |
You can shut down from the Administrator Interface (Unitrends Backup or Recovery Series), from the hypervisor (Unitrends Backup), or from the physical appliance itself. If it is necessary to shut down your system, Unitrends recommends shutting down from the Administrator Interface. Any jobs in progress when the system is shut down will fail. Scheduled jobs do not run while the system is shut down.
Options for shutting down your Unitrends system:
This is the recommended method for shutting down your system.
1 | If you have any attached archive media, shut it down before continuing with this procedure. |
2 | Select the system in the Navigation pane. |
3 | Go to Settings > System, Updates, and Licensing Shutdown to see the Shutdown/Restart window. |
4 | If you see the message, Shutdown/Restart may be performed only..., you are trying to shut down a system from its managing system. You must log in to the individual system that you want to shut down. |
5 | Enter your OS Root password. |
6 | The Restart after shutdown checkbox defaults to checked. Leave this checked to restart the system automatically after it shuts down. Uncheck the box if you need the system to remain shut down, such as to perform maintenance. |
7 | Click Confirm. |
8 | Click OK when you see the message System is shutting down... |
9 | Click Logout to exit the system. |
10 | Log in after the system restarts. If you see the message Call was unsuccessful. . ., the restart is not complete. Try again in a few minutes. |
If you opted to shut down without restarting, you need to push the power button on the physical appliance or manually start the Unitrends Backup VM from the hypervisor, before you can log back into the system.
Use this method only if you are unable to shut down the system through the Administrator Interface. The following instructions are based on the VMware vSphere Client. The procedure could vary with different hypervisors.
1 | If you have any attached archive media, shut it down before continuing with this procedure. |
2 | Log in to the vSphere Client. |
3 | Go to Home > Inventory > Inventory to view your VMs. |
4 | Right click on the VM to which the Unitrends Backup is deployed to see an options menu. |
5 | Hover over Power. Click Power Off. |
Before logging back into the system through the Administrator Interface, you need to power on the VM to which it is deployed.
1 | Log in to the vSphere Client. |
2 | Go to Home > Inventory > Inventory to view your VMs. |
3 | Right click on the VM to which the Unitrends Backup is deployed to see an options menu. |
4 | Hover over Power. Click Power On. |
5 | After the Unitrends Backup has been powered on, you can turn on any attached archive media that was shut down before you shut down the Unitrends Backup. |
6 | Log in to the system through the Administrator Interface. |
Use this method only if you are unable to shut down the system through the Administrator Interface.
1 | Before you shut down the physical appliance, make sure that all attached archive media is shut down. |
2 | Press the power button on the physical appliance. |
Note: Before you can log back into the system, you must power on the appliance by pressing the power button.
1 | Press the power button on the physical appliance. |
2 | After the appliance has been powered on, you can power on any archive media that was shut down prior to shutting down the appliance. |
3 | Log in to the system through the Administrator Interface. |