How to create and pair a client on the IBDR Appliance
Introduction
It is necessary to create and pair a client on the IBDR Appliance in the following scenarios:
- Agent-based backup of the physical machine.
- Agent-based backup of the virtual machine.
- Hyper-V-based backup of multiple virtual machines running on a host. In this case, the backup agent should be installed on the Hyper-V host.
Instructions
How to create a client on the Appliance
1) Connect to the Management Console.
2) Open Clients > Summary or Clients > Edit. On the actions toolbar, click New.
3) In the New Client dialog, configure the settings for the client, and click OK.
4) Click Activate configuration on the upper right to apply your changes.
How to pair a client to the appliance
In the newly created client configuration, click Push Client Settings in the General group.
The backup agent on the client will receive the settings from the appliance and get into the Paired state.
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