Before you can manage backups and restores for a computer, the computer must be added in Portal using the following procedures:
•To add a Windows, Linux or UNIX computer in Portal, install or update agent software on the computer. During the installation, enter the Portal host name or IP address and port for communicating with Portal. For more information, see Add a Windows computer, Add a Linux computer, or the specific Agent guide.
•To add a Windows cluster in Portal, install the Windows Agent, Cluster Support Plug-in and any other required plug-ins on each cluster node and register each agent to Portal. You can then use Portal to configure a virtual server for the cluster. See Add a Windows cluster.
•To add a VMware vSphere environment in Portal, do one of the following:
•For a vSphere 6.5 environment, install the vSphere Recovery Agent and register the Agent to Portal. For more information, see Add a vSphere 6.5 environment and the vSphere Recovery Agent User Guide.
•For another supported vSphere version, deploy a vSphere Agent and use the webcc register command to enter the Portal host name or IP address, and port for communicating with Portal. For more information, see Add a vSphere environment.
•To add a Hyper-V environment in Portal, install a Hyper-V Agent and provide credentials for the agent to authenticate with a Hyper-V environment. See Add a Hyper-V environment and the Hyper-V Agent User Guide.
You must enter the name of a Portal user or Admin user when adding a computer. The added computer appears on the Computers page when this user or an Admin user in the user’s site logs in to Portal.
To make it easier for users to find and manage computers, Admin users can assign computers to groups. See Assign computers to groups.
Admin users can delete computers from Portal. Computers can only be deleted if they are offline. See Delete offline computers.