Avamar Client for Linux, UNIX, MacOSX

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Avamar may display a degraded GSAN status and a Synchronizing state in the mccli server show-prop command due to high metadata utilization, typically exceeding 90%. This issue can arise from incorrect backups, replication to the GSAN, or other factors. To resolve this, follow the steps outlined in Dell internal article 000047627, which detail how to reduce metadata capacity and eliminate the Synchronizing state. After completing these steps, the mccli server show-prop command should display Full Access in the State attribute.

This article explains a behavior when using Avamar User Interface (AUI) to check exception jobs and it returns an empty result.

Linux client avagent is unresponsive or does not start after plug-in upgrade.

The Avamar Management Console (MC) has a bug where editing a schedule results in an error message: “The start date cannot be past date,” even when selecting a valid date.

Intermittent virtual machine (VM) image backup failure with error "vSphere Task failed (snapshot error=45): There are two usable fault domains. The operation requires one more usable fault domain" when the VxRail appliance manages the vCenter.

Data Domain shows Unresponsive due to an expired DD Boost account password.

After mounting successfully with Avamar, restoring the entire SharePoint site to a subsite using ItemPoint fails.

After the Avamar server is upgraded or the certificates are renewed, replications will not start, an error message prompts with code 30978 and stating "Failed to initiate replication because no proxy was found to service the job." in the description.

This article shows a cosmetic issue where the Avamar User Interface (AUI) dashboard shows the Data Domain capacity value as GB instead of gibibyte.

After applying 19.9 Management Console Server (MCS) hotfix 338748, it is taking a lot of time to retrieve the backups, and sometimes it is timed out.

This article explains how to resolve the issue when Virtual Machine (VM) image backup fails with the error "Duplicate VM targets"

This article describes the procedure to configure an additional on Avamar proxy after deployment.

This article addresses an issue where the Data Domain does not appear in the Avamar User Interface (UI) or the Avamar Administrator console. This issue persists even after restarting the Management Console Service (MCS) and using the command-line interface (CLI) with mcddrsnmp.

This article explains the client registration failure after Avamar IP change on DP4400, preventing backup and restore operations.

This article explains how to manage the Avamar Session Security settings by using the Avinstaller installation package (AVP).

This article discusses when enabling Data Domain retention lock in governance mode on Avamar 19.10 causes VMware image backups to fail due to insufficient privileges.

This article shows how to start the Management Console Server (MCS) by addressing an existing hostname configuration issue on the Avamar.

This article shows how to manage the Avamar Session Security settings from the command-line tool.

How to receive Dell Technical Advisories (DTA) and Dell Security Advisories (DSA).

After initiating a VMware image restore job, it fails after nearly 2 minutes, with the following error message: "vSphere Task failed: 'File vmname.vmdk is larger than the maximum size supported by datastore 'datastore-name' "

In some circumstances, a customer that is creating or editing an SQL backup dataset through the AUI (web interface) will encounter a situation where the SQL login credential fields are prepopulated. Removing the credentials and saving the dataset does not resolve the issue, as going back into the dataset shows that the credentials are still present. This issue in Firefox but could theoretically occur with other browsers as well.

Avamar Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) Accelerator upgrade causes "Management Console (MC) REST Application Programming Interface (API) operation failed" and timeout; avagent kept Client Identifier (CID). Run avsetupndmp, then avregister.

If the 'Use certificate authentication for REST communication' checkbox is selected, a Data Domain cannot be edited from the Avamar AUI.

Isilon NDMP backups fail with the error “Failed to create snapshot: Operation not permitted” because the Snapshot service is disabled in OneFS. Enabling the Snapshot service and related settings resolves the issue.

Access Control Lists (ACL) are not restored when a Linux backup is redirected to a new server. Verify User ID (UID)/Group ID (GID), restore /etc/passwd using Avamar Command-Line Interface (CLI) to /tmp, adjust UID/GID, then redo restore so ACLs apply.

Use Avamar Management Console Command Line Interface (MCCLI) or avtar to list backups by label.

An Avamar Gen5A system reports a communications module scanner error, caused by the Telnet server on the Dell S4128F-ON switch being disabled.

Hyper-V backups using Avamar may fail when the Avamar Windows Cluster Service cannot retrieve clustered virtual machines. This issue often occurs in multi-proxy configurations or when cluster resources are misconfigured.