Getting Started

This chapter contains procedures to guide you through set up of a new Unitrends Recovery Series appliance. If you are deploying another system type, see one of the following guides for setup procedures:

Before you start

Important!  Unitrends should be your primary and only solution for backing up your data. Using multiple backup solutions for the same set of data can result in performance issues, VSS-related system issues, and broken log chains for databases.

All procedures are executed from the Administrator Interface, unless otherwise indicated.

Warning!     It is recommended to perform all administration tasks using the Administrator Interface. The Unitrends operating system implementation is proprietary to Unitrends and should not be modified from the Linux command line unless following a certified Unitrends procedure. Performing general Linux command line administration tasks can have undesirable results.

Proceed to the following sections to set up your Recovery Series appliance: