Avamar Server

Data Domain Capacity Resolution Path.

GoAV is a tool written for Avamar in the programming language, "Go." GoAV is a command-line interface (CLI) tool used on Avamar to gather information and troubleshoot the Avamar environment.

This article deals with Avsql Error <11962> occurs on the Avamar Plug-in for SQL and how to resolve it.

The article describes how to enable debug during Windows client Bare Metal Restore (BMR).

This article helps implementing email alerts through DPA when any Avamar backup fails.

This knowledge article provides information relating to the Immutable Backup (aka Limited Backup Management) Feature.

When vault Data Domain fills up, symptoms include high capacity usage, poor deduplication, and expiration failures. The root cause is inadequate capacity planning, improper backup configuration, and unchecked saveset accumulation across DD, Networker, Avamar, and Cyber Recovery.

VMware image restores failed with "Timeout on wait for spawned restore metadata avtar process to complete"

TLS 1.2 in Avamar versions 7.4.x and lower

VMware backup failed when there is a manual snapshot. The Virtual Machine (VM) shows that it needs consolidation but failed.

After a VM image backup is replicated to a target Avamar server, the VM name does not show correctly if it has Chinese characters in it.

Problem: Avamar - Linux VM backups may have LVM metadata inconsistency if they are deployed from a template.

The following steps show how to enable, reset, or unlock the Avamar browse admin user password on Isilon.

This article describes a specific issue in Avamar 19.12 with Management Console Service (MCS) hotfix 338913 that prevents using the Avamar Administrator console by JNLP.

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.

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

Avamar AUI shows "503 Service Unavailable" error when attempting to load the AUI login page. DTLT and ACM are working fine.

Instructions to enable Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) on Isilon OneFS.

The Avamar Management Console Server (MCS) fails with the message "Failed to connect to Administrator Server. Connection refused to host" due to the MCS service being down.

Instant Access (IA) restore remains in Waiting‑Client" because the avagent service on the Avamar server is stopped; IA jobs use Avamar as a proxy. Verify MC_SYSTEM client name, start avagent (systemctl start avagent), then either wait 180 s or issue a Reset on MC_SYSTEM to wake it; the restore then goes to running and completes.

How to deploy the latest Avamar proxy patches and hotfixes for Avamar stability.

How to reset or regenerate certificates due to expiration (or misconfiguration).

Avamar vCenter was decommissioned before removing it from the Avamar server. The domain is not removed due to it being marked as a reserved component.

DPE - new deployment fails with error message 'The cloud credentials are invalid.'

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.

This article provides a way of restoring database from a primary or a secondary Data Domain using product such as Oracle Recovery Manager (RMAN) Agent and DDBEA.

The system report "Backup SLA Summary By Client" is only showing the colour red for all columns instead of green and red.

Steps on how to verify the key, certificate, and the chain are matching. (Avamar 19.2 and later)

Backup fails is virtual machine contains a IDE type virtual disks