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Adding a Cisco UCS Manager client

The following fields must be completed as described below to add a Cisco UCS Manager client.

The Cisco UCS Manager client must be added before its service profiles, templates, pools, and policies can be protected. To protect a server hosted on the UCS, add the server to the Unitrends appliance as you would any stand-alone server of that operating system or hypervisor. See Protecting UCS blade and rack-mount servers.

Note:  For replication targets. For replicating systems, run this procedure from the replication target to add a Cisco UCS manager that can be used as a restore target for replicated UCS profile backups.

Field

Description

Computer Name

Required.

Select Cisco UCS Manager. The name must be resolvable using DNS or the host table of the Unitrends appliance.

Note:  If using a cluster configuration, make sure to add the client by cluster name. Do not use the name of either fabric interconnect.

IP Address

You can use DNS or IP to register the client. If not using DNS, an IP address is required. If DNS is set up in your environment, you can leave this field empty.

Note:  If using a cluster configuration, make sure to add the client by cluster IP. Do not use the IP of either fabric interconnect.

Authentication

Required.

The credentials provided must support native backup and restore of UCS service profiles. To ensure sufficient privilege, the user must have Cisco UCS administrator privileges.

Establish trust

Checking this box establishes trust between the client and the Unitrends appliance using new or existing credentials.

• Click Create New Credential or, if available, Use Existing Credential. If using new credentials or editing existing credentials, enter an Administrative Username and Password.
• Do not specify a Domain.

Use default credentials

This box can only be checked if default credentials have been configured. To use default credentials check the Establish trust box and the Use default credentials box. The default credentials must have local system administrator privileges.

Options

 

Enable this computer to be protected...

Checked by default. This box must be checked in order to protect the client. (If you uncheck this box, the client will not be available for backup or restore.)

Automatically create a backup schedule for this computer...

This option is not available because file-level backups are not supported for Cisco UCS Manager clients.

All backups performed on this computer are to be replicated...

This option is not available because file-level backups are not supported for Cisco UCS Manager clients. To replicate UCS service profile backups, see To replicate application backups.

All backups performed on this computer are to be encrypted.

Optional. Check this box to encrypt all the data protected for this client using an AES-256 bit algorithm. Applicable only if the system is licensed and configured for encryption. See About encryption for details.

Advanced options...

Optional. Check this box to configure the client’s priority:

Select a priority of high, medium, or low for the client. Backups for high priority clients are run before those of medium and low priority.

Note:   The Use SSL... box is not used.