Avamar: How to Safely Shut Down and Restart an NDMP Accelerator Node for maintenance
Summary: This article provides an overview of the steps required to shutdown and restart an Avamar Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) accelerator node.
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Instructions
How to shut down an Avamar NDMP accelerator node:
1. Verify that no NDMP backups are running on the node using the Avamar Administrator activity monitor.
2. Open a PuTTY session and log in to the accelerator node as admin.
3. Use the following command to become root:
su -
4. Perform the shutdown command:
shutdown -h now
5. To stop services, unmount the file system and then halt the system.
Caution: Shutting down the node while a backup is in progress can cause backup failures and data inconsistency.
How to restart an Avamar NDMP accelerator node:
1. Power on the accelerator node using the hardware power button or remote management interface.
2. Allow the node to boot; all required services start automatically.
Affected Products
AvamarProducts
Avamar, Avamar Plug-in for NDMPArticle Properties
Article Number: 000156619
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2026
Version: 8
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