Avamar: Unattended startup for single node systems not integrated with Data Domain

Summary: Avamar single node systems not integrated with Data Domain allow the Avamar services to start automatically after the operating system comes online. This feature is known as the 'unattended startup status'. ...

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Avamar multi-node systems and unattended startup
By design, on Avamar multi-node systems the unattended startup status is disabled. The status of the unattended startup cannot be changed on a multi-node system. This ensures that all Avamar nodes are fully operational and able to communicate with each other before the services are started.

Avamar single node systems with Data Domain
The unattended startup feature is automatically enabled on Avamar versions 19.4 to 19.8.
The unattended startup feature is automatically disabled on Avamar versions 19.9 and higher.

In order to enable the unattended startup on a single node system, use: 
dpnctl enable
In order to disable the unattended startup on a single node system, use: 
dpnctl disable
The status can be checked by running: 
dpnctl status
Sample output showing that the unattended startup is enabled: 
admin@ave-1:~/>: dpnctl status
dpnctl: INFO: gsan status: up
dpnctl: INFO: MCS status: up.
dpnctl: INFO: emt status: up.
dpnctl: INFO: Backup scheduler status: up.
dpnctl: INFO: Maintenance windows scheduler status: enabled.
dpnctl: INFO: Unattended startup status: enabled.
dpnctl: INFO: avinstaller status: up.
dpnctl: INFO: ddrmaint-service status: up.
dpnctl: INFO: ESE status: up.

Affected Products

Avamar

Products

Avamar, Avamar Server
Article Properties
Article Number: 000014015
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2025
Version:  7
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