Information covered

• Purpose
• Remotely access your IDrive BMR devices
• Edit the name of the IDrive BMR device
• View device operations
• Cloud manage for partner

Purpose

Remotely access and manage your IDrive BMR devices from anywhere.

Remotely access your IDrive BMR devices

Access all the IDrive BMR devices registered under your account from any external/internal network via the cloud manage feature.

To connect to your IDrive BMR device,

1. Sign in to the IDrive BMR web console. The BMR Devices tab displays all the IDrive BMR devices linked to your account.
   If any device appears offline, click corresponding to the device to update the status.
   

   Note: The refresh option is displayed only for IDrive BMR version 8.4.0 and above.

2. Click Connect corresponding to the required device. A browser-based access to the device interface is launched via a new tab.
   
   
   
   From here, you can perform local backups, create restore points, view logs, and also monitor the health of the devices.
   
   

   Note: In the case of IDrive BMR devices with firmware version 8.3.0 or older, access to the device interface is established via a remote access window.

3. Click Cloud Replication to view the cloud replication statuses and manage the cloud backup recovery points of individual computers and VMware machines on the IDrive BMR device. Click Cloud Virtualization to access and create cloud virtual instances associated with the IDrive BMR device.

Edit the name of the IDrive BMR device

To update the device name,

1. Sign in to the IDrive BMR web console.
   The BMR Devices tab displays all the IDrive BMR devices linked to your account.
2. Click corresponding to the required IDrive BMR device and select Rename.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter a new name for the device and click Update.
   

   Note: The device name should be between 4 - 30 characters and can contain letters (a-z), numbers (0-9), hyphen (-), and underscore (_).

View device operations

You can view the backup and storage information associated with a device in the Device Information section.

To view these details,

1. Sign in to the IDrive BMR web console.
2. Click corresponding to the required IDrive BMR device and select Device Information.
   This will open a new screen.
   
   
   
   
3. The Computers tab will display the local backup details of all the computers backed up to the IDrive BMR device. The local and cloud storage for computer backups will be displayed at the top.
   Similarly, you can view the VMware backup information in the respective tab.

Cloud manage for partner

If the IDrive BMR device is purchased through a reseller, the reseller will have access to your IDrive BMR device with automatic login through the Partner Management portal, to assist you with various administrative functions.

To disable this access, navigate to Settings > Control Panel > Partner Manage and move the slider toggle to read Disabled.