Backing up Symantec EV 8.0.5 With Avamar & Remove VSS

But it is a valid option. Search for a document called “INTEROPERABILITY OF AVAMAR AND DISKXTENDER FOR WINDOWS” and look on page 9. It mentions this option.

Other options are :

--account=DEST, --path, --acnt Avamar server account path

--after=DATE Date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.FF

--backup_mounted_vhds Backup Natively Attached Virtual Hard Disks on Windows

7 and Windows 2008 R2

--backupsystem Backup Windows System State

--before=DATE Date YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.FF

--cacheitmsize Store item size into f_cache.dat, primary used by Web

Service plugin

--cachepaxstream Enable the caching for PAX stream format, primary used

by Web Service plugin

--checkisalreadyrestored Check if a mapi item already restored once

--count=NUM Maximum number of records to display with backups comm

and

--deflateofficexml Deflate office XML files before restore

--dereference, -h Dump instead the files symlinks point to

--diff_sequencenumber=n, --diff_labelnumber Specify backup sequence number for c

omparison

--directory=PATH, -C Change to directory "DIR"

--exclude=PATTERN Exclude files that match the PATTERN

--exclude-from=FILE, -X, --exclude_from Exclude patterns listed in FILE

--exclude-pluginid-list=string, --excludepluginids Avamar Excluded Plug-in Id Li

st

--exclude_cachefile Exclude cache files from backup

--existing-dir-aclrestore, --aclrestore During restore replace security on pre-e

xisting directories

--existing-file-overwrite-option=WHEN, --overwrite Specifies when to overwrite e

xisting files on restore

--expires=DAYS or Timestamp Backup expiration time

--flagfile=FILE Specify file containing a list of flags

--force Force traversal of NFS and LOFS file systems

--forcefs=FSLIST Force traversal of specified file system types

--from-stdin Get backup stream from standard input only

--hbe-timeout=seconds Terminate HBE if it does not complete in the given tim

e

--help, --he, --hel Print this message

--id=user@domain/homeacnt Authentication Id

--ignorefs=FSLIST Do NOT traverse the specified file system types

--include=PATTERN Include files that match the PATTERN

--include-from=FILE, --include_from Include patterns listed in FILE

--inflateofficexml Inflate office XML files before chunking

--informationals Set informational level

--label=TAG, -f Specify backup label

--libavctl_path=PATH, --libavctl-path Load libavctl shared library from the give

n path (complete path including extension)

--logfile=FILE, --log Specify logfile pathname

--max-entries=n, --maxentries The maximum entries to display in a listing

--no-recursion Avoid descending automatically in directories on resto

re

--noinformationals Turn off info messages

--nostdout Turn off output to the console

--nowarnings Turn off warnings

--one-file-system, -l Stay in local file system when creating backup

--open-file-restore-option=HOW WINDOWS: Specifies how to restore open files [nev

er]

--password=PSWD, --ap, --pswd Authentication password

--pathmap=string Defines mapped paths

--pausetimeout=SECS Number of seconds to pause before resuming automatical

ly

--pluginid-list=string, --pluginids Avamar Plug-in Id List

--preservepaths On restore, keep original directory structure intact

--protect-profile=name, --protect-system Protect the system profile using HomeBa

se Embedded

--quiet Suppress informational and warning messages

--repaircache Check that client side hashes are on server and remove

invalid ones

--reparse-limit=n, --reparse_limit Traverse NTFS reparse points at most this man

y levels

--restore-acls-only On restore, only restore ACLs to existing file on disk

--restore-interceptor-check WINDOWS: Check for interceptors during restore

--restore-profile=name, --restore-system Restore a HomeBase Embedded profile on

the system

--restore-sparse-threshold=KB Threshold during restore to create sparse regions

--restorehidden Restore files that have the hidden attribute set [True

]

--restoreshortnames WINDOWS: Attempt to set short (8.3) names during resto

re

--restoresystem Restore files that have the system attribute set

--restorewfp Attempt to restore files under Windows File Protection

--retention-type=type, --retentiontype Retention Type: none, daily, weekly, mont

hly, yearly

--run-after-freeze=string, --run_after_freeze Backup only: Run this script after

FREEZE is frozen

--run-after-freeze-clauses=string, --run_after_freeze_clauses Use these clauses

for the run after freeze script

--run-at-end=string, --run_at_end Run this script when avtar is done

--run-at-end-clauses=string, --run_at_end_clauses Use these clauses for the run

at end script

--run-at-start=string, --run_at_start Run this script at start of avtar

--run-at-start-clauses=string, --run_at_start_clauses Use these clauses for the

run at start script

--sequencenumber=n, --labelnumber Specify backup sequence number

--server=IPADDR, --hfsaddr Avamar server address HFSADDR

--showlog, --showcomment Show session log for the selected backup

--skip-high-latency During backup skip high-latency (offline) files

--streamformat=n Backup/Restore data from/to a stream of this format [n

one]

--system-profile-path=PATH Path where the HomeBase Embedded profile will be save

d

--systemstate-timeout=n Specify Windows System State process timeout

--systemstatefile=FILE Name of Windows System State file to create

--target=PATH Restore backup to specified PATH

--testwfp Test Windows File Protection

--to-stdout, -O Extract files to standard output only

--totals Show total size of backup at end of listing (list comm

and only)

--tryagain Wait when server says to try again later

--usage Print a list of available flags

--verbose, -v Set verboseness level

--version Display build version

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TekSystems

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Enterprise Infrastructure Services - Core Infrastructure

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