Avamar: Modify Avamar Administrator Console (Java GUI) Timeout

Avamar Server

Log in to the Avamar server over SSH as the admin user.

Check the current value of the entry "consoleInactiveMinutesToReport."

grep console /usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_data/prefs/mcserver.xml

If the value is not negative 1, change it to negative 1.

Change the entry for the Administrator Console inactivity timeout in the Management Console Service (MCS) configuration file.

/usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_data/prefs/mcserver.xml

Change the value of the entry "consoleInactiveMinutesToReport."

<entry key="consoleInactiveMinutesToReport" value="-1" />

Changing the value can be done with a text editor like vi, or with the following command.

sed -i '/consoleInactiveMinutesToReport/s/value="[^"]*"/value="-1"/' /usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_data/prefs/mcserver.xml

Restart MCS as admin.

mcserver.sh --restart --force

Start the backup scheduler.

dpnctl start sched

Avamar Administrator Console

Edit the following configuration file:

C:\Users\<username>\.avamardata\var\mc\gui_data\prefs\mcclient.xml

Find the entry "timeout_exit_minutes" which has a default value of 10 minutes.

If the entry "timeout_exit_minutes" does not exist, create it with the timeout value of your choice.

To create the entry, add it below the "ddr_max_streams" entry.

Example:

<entry key="ddr_max_streams" value="50" />
<entry key="timeout_exit_minutes" value="9999"/>

Change the value of the timeout, do not use a value larger than 9999 minutes.

<entry key="timeout_exit_minutes" value="9999"/>

Save the file.

Re-launch the Avamar Administrator Console with the new timeout applied.

If you want to remove existing installations of other Avamar Administrator versions, go to the following path on Windows:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\EMC Avamar\Administrator

Go into each folder and run "Uninstall Avamar Administrator."

If you uninstall all Avamar Administrator console versions and want to completely remove the installation folders, go to the following path and delete the "avs" folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)