Set Up a Cold Spare U-Series Appliance

You can set up a spare U-Series Appliance that can be used as the primary U-Series Appliance if the primary needs to be taken offline. The cold spare appliance is not actively used by users in your environment. It's an appliance that runs in the background restoring backups from the primary appliance on a schedule.

Requirements

  • The BeyondInsight version on the cold spare must be the same or later than the version on the source U-Series Appliance.
  • We recommend that both U-Series Appliances are receiving automatic updates from BT Updater.
  • The cold spare must receive updates so that it matches the source U-Series Appliance.
  • For Analytics & Reporting, ensure SQL Server versions match on both U-Series Appliances.
  • The source and spare U-Series Appliances must have the same name.
  • If any backup schedules are active for the appliance chosen to be the cold spare, those must be deleted before you can enable the appliance as a cold spare.

If the SQL Server database is remote, the data is not copied to the cold spare.

Configure a Cold Spare Appliance

Configure a Cold Spare U-Series Appliance

To set up the cold spare appliance:

  1. From the left menu, under Business Continuity, click Cold Spare.
  2. Toggle the Cold Spare is Active option to enable it.
  3. Enter a temporary machine name for the cold spare appliance.
  4. Enter a backup password and confirm it.
  5. Select the New Backup Location option and enter the path for the restore location where you want the backup files to be saved, and optionally provide authentication credentials. Or, select the Existing Backup Location option and select an existing location from the list.
  6. Specify the date, time, and frequency to configure the backup schedule.
  7. Click Save Cold Spare Changes.