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Adding a Hyper-V client

The following fields must be completed as described below to add a Hyper-V client. It is recommended that you read Working with Hyper-V servers before registering your Hyper-V servers. Review the Special considerations for adding Hyper-V clusters before registering a cluster.

Notes:   

• If protecting a VM at the guest OS level, add it with that computer type's requirements rather than those listed below for Hyper-V.
• For replicating systems, you can add Hyper-V servers to the replication target to use as restore targets for replicated backups. (Add servers as described in About adding clients ).

Field

Description

Computer Type

Required. Select Hyper-V.

Computer Name

Required. The name must be resolvable using the host table of the Unitrends appliance.

Note:  You must register all nodes in a cluster before registering the cluster. When adding a cluster node to a Unitrends appliance, you must enter the exact name of the node.

IP Address

Required. Enter a static IP address.

Authentication

 
Establish trust

Do one of the following:

• If you are registering a server for which automatic installation of the agent is supported, check this box and enter an Administrative Username and Password for authentication. The credentials must have local system administrator privileges.
• If you are registering a cluster or server for which automatic installation of the agent is not supported, uncheck this box.
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...
• For individual servers or cluster nodes:
Optional. Checking this box creates a file-level backup schedule and executes it immediately.
• For clusters:
Uncheck this box when registering a cluster. Because the cluster is a virtual manager, it does not have a file system that can be protected with file-level backups.

Note:  The schedule created when you check this box protects only the file system of the server hosting the Hyper-V application. It does not protect the virtual machines. You can schedule backups for the VMs after registering the server.

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

Optional. Check this box to replicate this server’s file-level backups to an off-site Unitrends appliance for disaster recovery purposes. Applicable only if you have a replication system or Unitrends Cloud service.

Note:  To replicate Hyper-V backups of the VMs hosted on the server, you must configure the VMs for replication after registering the server. For instructions, see Configuring backups for replication.

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.