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Pair Microsoft Hyper-V host with Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance

After you install DR backup agent on the Hyper-V host, it gets into the Waiting for pairing state, and waits 24 hours to receive the settings (password and port) from Backup & Disaster Recovery appliance to establish connection.

Backup agent is waiting for pairing

To establish connection between the DR backup agent on the Hyper-V host and appliance:

  1. In the appliance Management Console, go to ClientsEdit.

  2. Find and select the client created for the Hyper-V host.

  3. In the General group, click Push Client Settings.

    Push client settings

The backup agent will receive the settings from appliance and get into the Paired state.

Backup agent is paired