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Adding a NAS NDMP client

The following fields must be completed as described below to add an NDMP client.

Note:  The Unitrends appliance must be licensed for NDMP and running software version 8.0 or higher and before you can add NDMP clients.

Field

Description

Computer Type

Required.

Select NAS NDMP Client.

Computer Name

Required.

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

IP Address

Required.

Enter the remote IP address for the NDMP device.

Authentication

Required.

New, existing, or default credentials must be used to establish trust between the Unitrends appliance and the NDMP device.

Establish trust

Checked and grayed out by default. This 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. The credentials must have local system administrator privileges.

Use default credentials

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

NDMP Client Options

 

Protocol

Required.

Select ndmp.

Vendor

The vendor is automatically detected at the time the client is added.

There are currently two supported vendors: NetApp and EMC.
If any other NDMP devices are added as clients, this field populates with “Generic.” Behavior of generic NDMP clients is unpredictable.

Port

The NDMP client side control port defaults to 10000.

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 NAS NDMP clients. To schedule NDMP backups, see About NDMP backups.

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

This option is not available because file-level backups are not supported for NAS NDMP clients. To replicate NDMP 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.