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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="summary"><strong>SUMMARY</strong></h2> <p>Instructions for creating USB flash drive for imaging a next-generation or S-series appliance</p> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>Instructions for creating a new USB image for imaging NextGen Appliances.</p> <ol></ol><h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p></p> <ol><li>Install imageUSB and ext2fsd on the Windows machine (see Notes for links)</li> <li>Plug-in the USB flash drive to the Windows machine</li> <li>Start imageUSB and select the correct drive (Step 1)<br><img alt="C:\Luis' OneDrive\Unitrends\OneDrive - Unitrends\Graphics\ImageUSB" height="524" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/HIY8B58SIYF1/eid-ka01w000000tdmb-feoid-00n40000003czqx-refid-0em1w000000vwzi." width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></li> <li>In <b>Step 2</b>, select <b>Write image to USB</b> </li> <li>In <b>Step 3</b>, click the <b>Browse</b> button to select the <b>.bin</b> or <b>.ios</b> Appliance Image File that you downloaded.</li> <li>In <b>Step 4</b> click the <b>Write</b> button. The writing process will begin.<br><br><img alt="User-added image" height="209" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/N1GBDUR3A4B0/eid-ka01w000000tdmb-feoid-00n40000003czqx-refid-0em1w000000vwzs." width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img><br><img alt="User-added image" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/BIIFP887MBC9/eid-ka01w000000tdmb-feoid-00n40000003czqx-refid-0em1w000000vwzx." class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img><br><img alt="User-added image" height="494" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/LX5A2CQI9JVD/eid-ka01w000000tdmb-feoid-00n40000003czqx-refid-0em1w000000vwzc." width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></li> <li>Once completed, exit from imageUSB and safely remove and eject the USB flash drive.<br><img alt="User-added image" height="195" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6032361/uploads/migrated/MR1FCFEZIRHX/eid-ka01w000000tdmb-feoid-00n40000003czqx-refid-0em1w000000vwzh." width="500" class="embedImage-img importedEmbed-img"></img></li> <li>Insert into a <b>USB 2.0</b> port on the Recovery Appliance and boot to being the image process.</li> </ol><h2 data-id="notes"><strong>NOTES</strong></h2> <p></p> <h3 data-id="backup-versions">Backup Versions:</h3> <p>The <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=ftp%3A%2F%2Fftp.unitrends.com%2Fsupport%2Fisos%2FFactoryImages%2F9.0.0-13.1U_dedupDB%2FROS90013_usb.el6.x86_64-052316_1702.bin">ROS90013_usb.el6.x86_64-052316_1702.bin</a> Factory Image was used for this example, which is for the new S series systems (e.g.: 714S-xxx-xxxxx).</p> <h3 data-id="required-software-hardware">Required Software/Hardware:</h3> <ul><li>Appliance Image – <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fftp.unitrends.com%2Fsupport%2Fisos%2FFactoryImages">ftp.unitrends.com/support/isos/FactoryImages</a> </li> <li>USB flash drive – The 8GB <b>Unitrends USB 2.0</b> flash drive that came with the appliance or a similar <b>USB 2.0</b> flash drive (4GB min size, max size 16GB)</li> <li>Windows machine – A Windows machine (Windows 7 or higher)</li> <li>Image Burning Software <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osforensics.com%2Fdownloads%2Fimageusb.zip"><b>imageUSB</b></a> - <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.osforensics.com%2Fdownloads%2Fimageusb.zip">http://www.osforensics.com/downloads/imageusb.zip</a> </li> <li>If needed, <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fext2fsd%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload%3Fsource%3Dfiles"><b>ext2 drivers</b></a> for Windows - <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fsourceforge.net%2Fprojects%2Fext2fsd%2Ffiles%2Flatest%2Fdownload%3Fsource%3Dfiles">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2fsd/files/latest/download?source=files</a> </li> </ul><h3 data-id="recovery-series-appliance">Recovery-Series Appliance:</h3> <ul><li>Recovery-201</li> <li>Recovery-602</li> <li>Recovery-603</li> <li>Recovery-713S</li> <li>Recovery-714S</li> <li>Recovery-814S</li> <li>Recovery-823S</li> <li>Recovery-824S</li> <li>Recovery-933S</li> <li>Recovery-936S</li> <li>Recovery-943S</li> </ul> </article> </main>