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How to easily troubleshooting client connections on Data Protection Advisor

April 4, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

In order to troubleshoot the connection between DPA and the target client we need to run a debug on the target. To do this in the DPA web GUI we…Continue readingHow to easily troubleshooting client connections on Data Protection Advisor

Data Protection Advisor How To

How to add an Avamar Client to your Data Protection Advisor

April 1, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

Data Protection Advisor – Adding Avamar client In order to add Avamar to DPA for monitoring there are a few hard to find details in order to be successful. Here…Continue readingHow to add an Avamar Client to your Data Protection Advisor

Data Protection Advisor How To

Solved! How to fix an Avamar failed password in DPA

April 1, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

Avamar data collection fails with “password authentication failed for user ‘viewuser’” During the discovery of a new Avamar server in DPA, the optional ‘Start Test’ section will return the error…Continue readingSolved! How to fix an Avamar failed password in DPA

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Solved! How to lock all Avamar backups to Data Domain backend

March 29, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

By default, all new Avamar Data Domain integrations allow client backup jobs to run to either the Avamar or Data Domain backend, and the following procedure can be used…Continue readingSolved! How to lock all Avamar backups to Data Domain backend

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How to retire unavailable (grayed out) Avamar VM after being deleted or recreated as unavailable in vCenter resync via CLI

March 29, 2022March 29, 2022V.Wolf

When adding VMs from vCenter to Avamar, a new client entry in the UI corresponding to the VM added is seen. When VM is deleted or re-created in source vCenter, after VM resync…Continue readingHow to retire unavailable (grayed out) Avamar VM after being deleted or recreated as unavailable in vCenter resync via CLI

PowerShell Scripts

Use PowerShell to check for open ports

March 29, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

Sometime servers need to communicate with one another over specific ports. When you attempt to connect one server to the next the connection fails with a vague response like, “connection…Continue readingUse PowerShell to check for open ports

Avamar How To

Avamar Clear Data Integrity Alert

March 24, 2022July 29, 2022V.Wolf

To ensure data integrity, the Avamar server issues an alert any time a checkpoint validation fails. After clean up an issue between Avamar and Data Domain you may need to…Continue readingAvamar Clear Data Integrity Alert

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Avamar not accessing Data Domain

March 24, 2022April 4, 2022V.Wolf

Avamar is receiving data integrity alerts. Avamar is also failing garbage collection with error: Looking into the Avamar GUI shows that the Data Domain is in red, which is a…Continue readingAvamar not accessing Data Domain

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Data Domain failed login with DDBoost account

March 24, 2022April 4, 2022V.Wolf

Data Domain failed login with DDBoost account While troubleshooting an issue with Avamar not communicating with the Data Domain, I attempted to reset the password to the ddboost account through…Continue readingData Domain failed login with DDBoost account