Avamar: How to Use Goav system health-check menu

Command-Set Supported Avamar Versions: 19.3+
This feature has been supported since the Goav version: 1.61

Download and Install Goav tool

See Dell article 000192151 Avamar: Goav tool to download and install the Avamar Goav tool.

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admin@ave198:~/>: ./goav system health-check password-check
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GoAv    :        1.61
Avamar  :        19.8
Date    :        23 Jan 2024 13:53 EST
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COMMAND :  ./goav system health-check password-check
NOTE: This is not an official tool
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Error: goav system health-check password-check must be run as "root", admin is not allowed

Available commands:

  check-config   Check all keystore configurations.
  check-rabbitmq Check RabbitMQ configuration.
  password-check Check password length

./goav system health-check check-rabbit

• Check mcs status
• Check rabbitmq status
• Check rabbitmq configuration files
• List rabbitmq info about users/vhosts/queues/exchanges/permissions
• List current connections
• Test authentication of user Avamar and Guest
• Directory listing of critical RabbitMQ files
• Authenticates to local RabbitMQ management interface

./goav system health-check check-config

This command performs several health checks against all keystores and automatically fixes them.

• Check that each keystore exists
• Check keystore permissions and ownership
• Check lockbox keystore_passphrase health
• Check that the lockbox and keystore passphrase match
• Check that each keystore is the proper format (PKCS12)
• Check that each required alias(certificate) is present in each keystore
• Print a pass or fail summary with detailed problem messages
• Auto regenerate missing keystores
• Autofix permissions or ownership
• Auto regenerate keystore if lockbox passphrase does not match keystore passphrase
• Back up existing keystore before regeneration
• Auto regenerate keystore or specific alias if necessary
• Update mcssl private key entry from rmi keystore to sync with avi and tomcat keystore
• Restart appropriate services

./goav system health-check password-check

• This is to be run prior to upgrading to Avamar 19.10.
• This checks the length of the passwords for restoreonly, backuponly and backuprestore accounts
• The password musts be under 21 characters at the time of upgrade to Avamar 19.10.
• PASS -- under 21 characters
• FAIL -- over 21 characters
• Instructions for password modification are found in the Avamar Administration Guide section: Change server passwords and OpenSSH keys.