Avamar:“mccli backup validate”命令不适用于 VMware 映像备份

Summary: 本文讨论在 VMware 映像备份中使用“mccli backup validate”命令的限制。

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Symptoms

使用 VMware 映像备份时,管理控制台命令行界面 (MCCLI) 备份验证不起作用。

mccli backup validate 开始:

admin@av-server:~/>: mccli backup validate --name=/vCenterProd/VirtualMachines/VM-Prod-01 --labelNum=10 --plugin=1016
0,22315,client validate scheduled
Attribute   Value
----------- ----------------------------------------------------
client      /vCenterProd/VirtualMachines/VM-Prod-01
activity-id 9172719295543209
admin@av-server:~/>:

经过验证的作业保留在 Waiting-Client 中,直到其 Timed Out - Start:

admin@av-server:~/>: mccli activity show | grep Timed | grep Validate
9172719295543209 Timed Out - Start        0          2024-09-24 10:49 CDT 00h:09m:56s 2024-09-24 10:59 CDT Validate                0 bytes        0%              VM-Prod-01_NqZVjpzBOs6dD9iX6AhgIA /vCenterProd/VirtualMachines
admin@av-server:~/>:

此功能适用于其他类型的备份。

Linux 文件系统备份示例:

admin@av-server:~/>: mccli backup validate --name=/clients/linux-prod.lab.com --labelNum=7 --plugin=1001
0,22315,client validate scheduled
Attribute   Value
----------- ---------------------------------------------
client      /clients/linux-prod.lab.com
activity-id 9173376417059609
admin@av-server:~/>:


admin@av-server:~/>: mccli activity show | grep Validate
9173376417059609 Completed 0          2024-12-09 11:09 CST 00h:00m:55s 2024-12-09 11:10 CST Validate           68.4 MB        0.2%            linux-prod.lab.com /clients
admin@av-server:~/>:

 

Cause

VMware 映像备份需要更多信息才能使备份验证正常运行。但是,mccli 不支持包含额外的参数。

 

Resolution

使用 Avamar 用户界面 (AUI) 或 Avamar 管理员控制台 (UI) 验证 VMware 映像备份。

另一种解决方案是使用 avtar validate 命令确认该锁定已释放。

  1. 收集客户端名称和备份标签号。

  2. 以管理员身份登录到 Avamar Server。

  3. 运行验证命令:

    avtar --validate --labelnum=<backup label number> --acnt=<client fully qualified name>

    示例:

    admin@av-server:~/>: avtar --validate --labelnum=2 --acnt=/clients/vCenter1/esctest_LKar3Z6AMGWcRP1mSd8kjg
    avtar Info <5551>: Command Line: /usr/local/avamar/bin/avtar.bin --flagfile=/usr/local/avamar/etc/usersettings.cfg --server=av-server --vardir=/usr/local/avamar/var --bindir=/usr/local/avamar/bin --id=root --password=**************** --vardir=/usr/local/avamar/var --bindir=/usr/local/avamar/bin --sysdir=/usr/local/avamar/etc --validate --sequencenumber=2 --account=/clients/vCenter1/esctest_LKar3Z6AMGWcRP1mSd8kjg
    avtar Info <7977>: Starting at 2024-11-19 17:29:42 IST [avtar Dec  8 2023 07:07:43 19.10.100-135 Linux-x86_64]
    avtar Info <6555>: Initializing connection
    avtar Info <5552>: Connecting to Avamar Server (av-server)
    avtar Info <5554>: Connecting to one node in each datacenter
    avtar Info <5583>: Login User: "root", Domain: "default", Account: "/clients/vCenter1/esctest_LKar3Z6AMGWcRP1mSd8kjg"
    avtar Info <5580>: Logging in on connection 0 (server 0)
    avtar Info <5582>: Avamar Server login successful
    avtar Info <10632>: Using Client-ID='00be5081c15db98be5f496754fb9ae970509ef05'
    avtar Info <5550>: Successfully logged into Avamar Server [19.10.0-135]
    avtar Info <5295>: Starting validate at 2024-11-19 17:29:42 IST as "admin" on "av-server.lab.com" (2 CPUs) [19.10.100-135]
    avtar Info <41359>: Backup #2 had been created by avtar version 19.10.100-135 as plugin 3016-VMWare Image
    avtar Info <5949>: Backup file system character encoding is UTF-8.
    avtar Info <8745>: Backup from Linux host "/clients/vCenter1/esctest_LKar3Z6AMGWcRP1mSd8kjg" (a4t134.lab.com) with plugin 3016 - Windows VMWare Image
    avtar Info <5538>: Backup #2 label "MOD-1731919024567#1" timestamp 2024-11-18 14:09:38 IST, 0 files, 40.00 GB
    avtar Info <40107>: Validating location information
    avtar Info <40121>: Checking location information
    avtar Info <5262>: Validate completed
    avtar Info <7924>: Examined selection(s) with 40.00 GB (8 files, 3 directories) in 0.34 minutes: 7,093 GB/hour
    avtar Info <7883>: Finished at 2024-11-19 17:30:03 IST, Elapsed time: 0000h:00m:20s
    avtar Info <6645>: Not sending wrapup anywhere.
    avtar Info <5314>: Command completed (exit code 0: success)
    admin@av-server:~/>:

 

Affected Products

Avamar, Avamar Server
Article Properties
Article Number: 000258379
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2025
Version:  3
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