Getting started with your Unitrends appliance
Procedures in this guide assume that you have deployed your appliance and configured network settings. If you have not done these tasks, see the applicable Quick Start Guide or Deployment Guide in the following table for step-by-step instructions. Then see Next steps below to start protecting your environment.
| Appliance type | Quick Start or Deployment Guide | Additional resources |
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Physical appliance lines |
Quick Start Guide |
Site Preparation Guide (environmental specifications by appliance model) |
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Gen 10 Recovery Series (models 10002–10120) |
Site Preparation Guide for Gen 10 Recovery Series Appliances |
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ION and ION+ (models ION-108–IONP-832) |
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Gen 9 Recovery Series (models 9002–9120S) |
Quick Start Guide for Gen 9 Recovery Series and MAXS Appliances |
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Gen 9 MAXS (models MAX9S-232–MAX9S-864) |
Quick Start Guide for Gen 9 Recovery Series and MAXS Appliances |
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Unitrends Backup virtual appliances |
Deployment Guide |
Best practices for virtual appliances |
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Unitrends Backup on VMware |
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Unitrends Backup on Hyper-V |
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Unitrends Backup on Citrix XenServer |
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Unitrends Backup on Nutanix AHV |
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Unitrends Backup in Microsoft Azure |
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Unitrends Backup in Amazon Web Services |
Deployment Guide for Unitrends Backup in Amazon Web Services |
Next steps
Deployment is complete and you can get started protecting your environment:
1. Install any appliance updates (see To install appliance updates).
2. (Recommended) Configure encryption on the appliance (see To configure encryption).
3. Install the Unitrends agent on the physical machines you will protect with Unitrends backups (see Unitrends agents).
4. Add your assets to the appliance (see Managing protected assets).
5. Run backups (see Creating backup jobs).
6. Explore the other topics in this guide to get the most out of your Unitrends appliance!
