Avamar: How to Install the Network Troubleshooting Tools Tcpdump and iperf on the Avamar Proxy

The network capture tools "Tcpdump" and "Iperf" are not installed by default on Avamar proxies.
To install Tcpdump and Iperf on the Avamar proxy, follow these steps:

Tcpdump Instructions:

1. Accessing the Download:

   • From a desktop environment, go to the central.dell.com website. (If prompted, log in with your dell.com customer account.)

2. Download the Tcpdump Package:

   • From the Central Avamar script solution tile, search for and download the Tcpdump package.
     

3. Transfer the Package:

   • Use WinSCP or a similar tool to transfer the "tcpdump-SLES12-proxy.tgz" file to the Avamar proxy's /extra folder.

4. Connect to the Avamar Proxy:

   • SSH into the Avamar proxy as admin:

     admin@ave192:~/>: ssh admin@192proxy

   • Enter the password when prompted.
   • Switch to the root user:

     su - 

   • Enter the root password when prompted.

5. Install the Package:

   • Extract and install the package:

     tar -zxvf tcpdump-SLES12-proxy.tgz 
     ./install.sh

     Sample output:

     192proxyga:/extra # tar -zxvf tcpdump-SLES12-proxy.tgz
     tcpdump-4.9.2-14.5.1.x86_64.rpm
     libsmi2-0.4.8-18.63.x86_64.rpm
     libsmi-0.4.8-18.63.x86_64.rpm
     libpcap1-1.8.1-9.1.x86_64.rpm
     install.sh
     192proxyga:/extra # ./install.sh
     Preparing...                          ################################# [100%]
     Updating / installing...
        1:libsmi2-0.4.8-18.63              ################################# [ 25%]
        2:libsmi-0.4.8-18.63               ################################# [ 50%]
        3:libpcap1-1.8.1-9.1               ################################# [ 75%]
        4:tcpdump-4.9.2-14.5.1             ################################# [100%]

6. Verify the Installation:

   tcpdump --version

   Sample output:

   192proxyga:/home/admin # tcpdump --version
   tcpdump version 4.9.2
   libpcap version 1.8.1

Iperf instructions:

1. The iperf tool can be directly downloaded from a local Data Domain server in using this path: /ddr/var/tools/iperf/Linux/iperf

2. Transfer the iperf file to a proxy using this scp command:

   192proxy:/tmp # scp sysadmin@ddve.example.com:/ddr/var/tools/iperf/Linux/iperf .
   EMC Data Domain Virtual Edition
   Password:
   iperf                                                                                  100%  198KB 198.1KB/s   00:00

   1. Replace <ddve.example.com> with a local data domain server hostname.
   2. The username can be any dd username with admin privilege including the Avamar ddboost username.

3. Verify that iperf is installed:

   192proxy:/tmp # ./iperf --version
   iperf version 1.7.0 (13 Mar 2003) pthreads