Avamar Administration

Audience

This course is intended for system administrators, system engineers, partners, and support specialists who administer and support Dell EMC Avamar.

Prerequisite Knowledge/Skills

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have knowledge on the backup and recovery concepts and principles.

Course Outline

The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.

Avamar Concepts

Avamar Introduction

• Backup Challenges
• Avamar Solution
• Key Avamar Features
• Systematic Fault Tolerance
• Avamar Terminology
• Data Deduplication and Granularity
• Avamar Deduplication Backup Process
• Data Object Storage
• Backup Data Storage Organization
• Avamar Support for Virtual Machines
• Avamar in Integrated Data Protection Appliance
• Avamar and Data Domain Integration
• Avamar NDMP Integration
• Avamar in Distributed Enterprises

Avamar Architecture

• System Components
• Avamar Server Editions
• Avamar Data Store Specification
• Server Node Types and Configuration

Avamar Capabilities

• Administration and Management Interfaces
• Backup Clients
• Backup Policy
• Customizing Policies
• Avamar Backup
• Avamar Restore
• Avamar Encryption
• Avamar Replication
• Replication Types
• Avamar Cloud Tier
• Avamar Licensing

Avamar Administration

Avamar Overview

• Avamar Administration Tools
• Connection Limits
• Avamar Server Process – Notification and Reporting
• Avamar Client Process
• Avamar Backup Process Flow
• Client-Server Data Port Usage and Firewall Requirements
• Avamar Integration with Data Domain – Required Ports
• Avamar Data Deduplication Workflow
• More About Sticky Byte Factoring
• More About Compression
• Client Cache Files and the Backup Process
• SHA-1 Hashing
• Avamar and Data Domain Integration
• Avamar Cloud Tier
• Data Protection Advisor (DPA) with Avamar
• Search with Avamar
• Exporting Avamar Data to Tape
• Backing Up Databases versus File System Data
• Avamar Database Clients
• Avamar – Database Backup Options

AUI Overview

• Introduction to AUI
• AUI Navigation Pane
• AUI Dashboard

Installing Avamar Backup Client Software

• Avamar Backup Client Software
• Verify Avamar Client System Requirements
• Installing Avamar Windows Client Software
• Windows Client Software Plug-ins
• Installing Multiple Desktops and Laptops
• Launching Avamar Windows Client Interface
• Avamar Client Processes and Services (Windows)
• Avamar Client Directory Structure

Account Management

• Avamar Domain
• Avamar Users
• Avamar Authentication
• AUI Domain Tree Structure
• Account Management Tasks
• Managing Directory Services
• Registering Avamar Clients
• Account Management for Clients
• Using the MCCLI Command
• Best Practices: Domains, Users, and Clients
• Adding a Data Domain System Using AUI

Using Client Manager

• Avamar Client Manager
• Managing Clients
• Activating Clients

Avamar Backups

• Scheduled Backups
• On-Demand Backups
• Avamar Desktop/Laptop
• Managing and Monitoring Backup Activity

Performing Restores

• Restoring Client Data
• Client Server Recovery with Avamar

Avamar Replication

Cloud Tier

System Monitoring and Maintenance

• Avamar Server Environment
• Daily System Monitoring Tasks
• Daily Avamar Server Maintenance Activities
• Managing Avamar Server Capacity

Logs, Troubleshooting, and Reporting

• Avamar Processes and Logs
• Troubleshooting
• Avamar Reports and Fitness Analyzer