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Dell Technologies Data Protection Advisor (DPA) remediation is available for the Apache Log4j Remote Code Execution Vulnerability that may be exploited by malicious users to compromise the affected system. Dell recommends implementing this remediation as soon as possible in light of the critical severity of the vulnerability.
Updated:  May 12, 2026 ID: 000194651

After a reboot, Windows non-clustered devices were not coming online when using PowerShell to online the devices. Coincidentally, the AppSync plugin was recently installed.
Updated:  May 09, 2026 ID: 000184429

How to configure Systems Applications and Products Intelligent Query (SAP IQ) Database with NetWorker Module for Databases and Applications (NMDA) version 19.x.
Updated:  May 19, 2026 ID: 000219292

Solaris OS file system backup fails after a few hours of execution with broken pipe errors. 80319:save: Aborting session channel connection (97) to XX.XX.104.92
Updated:  May 19, 2026 ID: 000217740

This article explains how to set a Data Protection Advisor (DPA) analysis policy to send an alert for the Datastore database file system nearing limit capacity.
Updated:  May 18, 2026 ID: 000215562

Data Protection Advisor Datastore or Application server fails to install or upgrade on SUSE Linux.
Updated:  May 18, 2026 ID: 000214551

For DPA 19.X, After DPA Database import all local DPA APP and DS agent cannot register and are unable to collect data. Apply for a Desaster Recovery and a Server Migration.
Updated:  May 18, 2026 ID: 000213578

Running a datastore import fails within 2 minutes with SSL SYSCALL error
Updated:  May 17, 2026 ID: 000213154

Starting with Avamar 19.8 we have added a new parameter under mcserver.xml that can be used to modify the SMTP Port for CONNECTEMC EMAIL notifications. However, the SMTP Port used by default is 587.
Updated:  May 16, 2026 ID: 000209863

Data Domain configuration request can not be processed on application server. This results in missing values on Utilization reports.
Updated:  May 16, 2026 ID: 000207420

When the DPA is installed, the memory is automatically tuned. When additional memory is needed and added to the server, DPA needs to be tuned so that it utilizes the memory that was added to the server.
Updated:  May 16, 2026 ID: 000207239

Files in pgsql_tmp folder on Datastore server increased rapidly and filling the disk.
Updated:  May 16, 2026 ID: 000205495

An error 500 occurs when previewing a custom report. The report runs fine when scheduled.
Updated:  May 15, 2026 ID: 000205086

After successfully upgrading Data Protection Advisor (DPA), most "dpa ds" commands including export and import no longer work.
Updated:  May 15, 2026 ID: 000202976

Unable to start datastore services due to incorrect permissions on lock file.
Updated:  May 15, 2026 ID: 000202441

PPDM discovery is unsuccessful due to missing Group in Inventory.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000201684

DPA reports values in TB which are the same as TiB values in Data Domain.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000201273

Saving a new SharePoint configuration causes Error 0 - Unknown error occurred
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000201203

What are Drill Down reports and how can they be generated?
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000200311

Avamar - FLR fails: VirtualMachine Interface is NULL assist_restore error. ret: 157. LoginGuest Failed. Ret: 67108908, Reason: Failed to get a property on the Virtual Machine object
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000199988

This article explains an issue where the DPA Agent service fails to start due to invalid or incomplete entries in the dpaagent_config.xml configuration file.
Updated:  May 14, 2026 ID: 000167227

This article helps implementing email alerts through DPA when any Avamar backup fails.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000197521

The steps that are outlined in this article are for performing a Data Protection Advisor (DPA) upgrade from version 19.4 or earlier to version 19.5 or later in a Linux environment.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000195985

This article provides a list of security vulnerabilities that cannot be exploited on Dell Data Protection Advisor Product Versions-19.6,19.5,19.4,19.3,19.2,19.1,18.X or earlier, but which may be identified by security scanners.
Updated:  May 13, 2026 ID: 000195673

This article provides instructions for manual remediation of a DPA Agent running on a Microsoft Windows node that is affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046).
Updated:  May 12, 2026 ID: 000194903

This article provides instructions for a manual remediation of a DPA Agent running on a Microsoft Windows node that is affected by the Apache Log4j vulnerabilities (CVE-2021-44228 and CVE-2021-45046).
Updated:  May 12, 2026 ID: 000194869

Data Protection Advisor (DPA): DPA datastore upgrade to 19.5 or 19.6 on Windows server failed with error: "Upgrade process returned error."
Updated:  May 12, 2026 ID: 000192898

How to check the status and start/stop/restart the DPA services
Updated:  May 11, 2026 ID: 000005862

Steps on how to set the expiration time on DPA user passwords.
Updated:  May 11, 2026 ID: 000190967

All reports do not display the correct bytes_protected value for Avamar
Updated:  May 11, 2026 ID: 000190442