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iSeries: Restore to an Alternate Server Failed
SUMMARY iSeries: Restore to an Alternate Server Failed ISSUE Description If you restore an iSeries backup with the following conditions: * Restore to an alternate server (ex. Client A ==> Client B) * The destination server is running older OS400 release (ex. V5R4 ==> V5R3) * Restore to an alternate path (ex. /home/user ==>…
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The appliance's storage is being initialized. Please wait a few minutes, then try logging in again.
ISSUE ISSUE: You have updated the Unitrends system or made modifications to the storage. You receive the following message when logging into the Web Administrative Interface. The appliance's storage is being initialized. Please wait a few minutes, then try logging in again. As presented in the HTML Web Administrative…
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Backup and Restore an ACL for a NAS
SUMMARY Description on the details of whether an ACL can be backed up and restored for a NAS ISSUE When restoring files and folders for a NAS, permissions for those folders could be missing. RESOLUTION There are two different types of protocols that can be used to backup a NAS- NDMP and CIFS/NFS. NDMP is a higher level…
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Enable Xenserver 7.0 and 7.1 support on Unitrends Backup Xen edition
SUMMARY Support for Xenserver 7 .0 and 7.1 are supported under Unitrends release 9.0.0-15 and 10.0 (respectively) ISSUE XenServer upgraded to version 7.0 or 7.1 and unable to register the same to the Xen UEB. An older version of XenServer (6.2 or 6.5) was registered to the Xen UEB and subsequently upgraded to XenServer…
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Conflict with volume using D:\ and the CD device on the virtual failover client (VFC)
SUMMARY This article explains the conflict when you have a D: \ volume as well as a CD device. ISSUE If the original client has multiple volumes and one is the D: \ drive, in Audit mode and Live mode the CD device conflicts with the volume drive letter D: \. Due to the volume conflict, the D: \ volume of the original…
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Considerations for the virtual failover client location
SUMMARY Pros and cons of the different locations of a virtual failover client. ISSUE Before setting up your virtual failover client (VFC), you must decide where it will reside. RESOLUTION ConsiderationsVFC on Recovery-Series applianceVFC on external hypervisorUnitrends system resourcesVFC uses a portion of the Unitrends…
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The Power On Timeout option for data copy access jobs may be limited to a maximum of 60 minutes
SUMMARY The Power On Timeout option for data copy access jobs may be limited to a maximum of 60 minutes. ISSUE The Power On Timeout option for data copy access jobs may be limited to a maximum of 60 minutes. RESOLUTION To resolve this issue, upgrade your appliance to version 10.2, which allows for up to 1500 minutes.
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Windows Instant Recovery: Creating the Virtual Failover Client for hosting on VMware
ISSUE Before you continue... * Review your options and Considerations for the virtual failover client location (VFC). * When choosing to host the VFC on VMware... * verify that you have added the ESXi hosts and vCenter to the Protected Asset page. * verify that the ESXi host and storage you choose has the resources to…
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Disaster Recovery of a Unitrends RecoveryOS system (using the disaster_recovery script)
ISSUE How to restore a Unitrends system based on RecoveryOS back to operating condition with all settings restored, so that you can begin to take new backups. This process is for systems running on version 9.1.0 and newer. RESOLUTION The details on performing the restore of a Unitrends RecoveryOS system begins on page 367…
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eSATA backup storage used in Linux Deployable UB (Metal) implementations may be inappropriately returned as a cold copy archive device
SUMMARY In some cases where a customer has deployed UB to a Linux distribution (no longer a supported deployment option) and chose to use eSATA connected disk for backup storage. ISSUE Appliances that use eSATA mounted backup storage and were deployed as installable software (metal) may experience recovery failures. This…