Avamar: How to use third-party native tools to isolate backup and restore problems

This article provides a high-Level summary of the various tools and utilities that can be used to help isolate and validate problems associated with Avamar Plugins.

Windows File System Plugin:

Disk shadow (External Link)

wbadmin start backup (External Link)

Wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:<target volume>:

C:\>vssadmin create shadow /For=F:\test

vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool
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Successfully created shadow copy for 'F:\test\'
    Shadow Copy ID: {e290fac9-73f8-40a8-ac09-3e8c42b80314}
    Shadow Copy Volume Name: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy16

SQL Database Plugin:

SQL Management Studio + Transact SQL + Powershell. Details at:

Quickstart: Backup and restore a SQL Server database with SSMS (External Link) (Backup using SSMSE)

SQL Server BACKUP DATABASE command (External Link) (Transact SQL statements)

Backup and Restore Database Using SQLCMD (External Link) (Using sqlcmd.exe)

Create a full database backup (External Link)

Back up and restore of SQL Server databases (External Link)

SQL Backup Simulator:

SQL Server Backup Simulator v2 (External Link)

Backup Process Simulator (External Link)

SQL Simulator (External Link) (Azure Marketplace)

SQL Connectivity/Browse Issues:

Universal Data Link (UDL) to test the SQL server connection:

Test OLE database connectivity to SQL Server by using a UDL file (External Link)

SQL Connectivity Test using UDL method (External Link)

Exchange Plugin:

Use Windows Server Backup to back up Exchange Server (External Link)

SharePoint Plugin:

Back up farms in SharePoint Server (External Link)

How to Run a Microsoft SharePoint Backup with Native Options (External Link)

Hyper-V Plugin:

How to back up Hyper-V virtual machines from the parent partition on a Windows Server computer by using Windows Server Backup (External Link)

Lotus Notes Plugin:

Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager for offline backup of Domino servers (External Link)

Oracle Plugin:

Backup and Recovery User Guide (External Link)

Avamar DB2 Plugin:

Backing up databases before or after upgrade (External Link)

DB2 Full Online Backup and Restore (External Link)

Avamar SAP Plugin:

SAP HANA Service in SAP Regions (External Link)

Avamar Sybase Plugin:

Backing Up and Restoring User Databases (using Tivoli Storage Manager) (External Link)