EMC Avamar shutdown procedure

Posted: July 11, 2012 in EMC

1 login as root # su admin check status with command # dpnctl status root@ava61demo:///#: dpnctl status Identity added: /home/dpn/.ssh/dpnid (/home/dpn/.ssh/dpnid) dpnctl: INFO: gsan status: up dpnctl: INFO: MCS status: up. dpnctl: INFO: EMS status: up. dpnctl: INFO: Backup scheduler status: up. dpnctl: INFO: dtlt status: up. dpnctl: INFO: axionfs status: up. dpnctl: INFO: Maintenance windows scheduler status: enabled. dpnctl: INFO: Unattended startup status: enabled. shutdown avamar # dpnctl stop admin@ava61demo:~/>: dpnctl stop Identity added: /home/admin/.ssh/dpnid (/home/admin/.ssh/dpnid) ----------Do you wish to shut down the local instance of EMS? Answering y(es) will shut down the local instance of EMS n(o) will leave up the local instance of EMS q(uit) exits without shutting down y(es), n(o), q(uit/exit): y dpnctl: INFO: Suspending backup scheduler dpnctl: INFO: Backup scheduler suspended.

dpnctl: INFO: Checking for active checkpoint maintenance dpnctl: INFO: Terminating hfs integrity maintenance (hfscheck) dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down dtlt dpnctl: INFO: dtlt shut down. dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down EMS dpnctl: INFO: EMS shut down. dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down MCS dpnctl: INFO: MCS shut down. dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down gsan dpnctl: INFO: gsan shut down. dpnctl: INFO: Shutting down axionfs dpnctl: INFO: axionfs shut down. check status with command # dpnctl status admin@ava61demo:~/>: dpnctl status Identity added: /home/admin/.ssh/dpnid (/home/admin/.ssh/dpnid) dpnctl: INFO: gsan status: not running dpnctl: INFO: MCS status: down. dpnctl: INFO: EMS status: down. dpnctl: INFO: Backup scheduler status: down. dpnctl: INFO: dtlt status: down. dpnctl: INFO: axionfs status: down. dpnctl: INFO: Maintenance windows scheduler status: unknown. dpnctl: INFO: Unattended startup status: enabled. dpnctl: INFO: [see log file "/usr/local/avamar/var/log/dpnctl.log"] Perform a physical server shutdown as root with command # shutdown -t secs 5 root@ava61demo:///#: shutdown -t secs 5 Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:15:14 2012): The system is going DOWN to maintenance mode in 5 minutes! Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:16:14 2012): The system is going DOWN to maintenance mode in 4 minutes! Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:17:14 2012): The system is going DOWN to maintenance mode in 3 minutes! Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:18:14 2012):

The system is going DOWN to maintenance mode in 2 minutes! Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:19:14 2012): The system is going DOWN to maintenance mode in 1 minute! Broadcast message from root (pts/0) (Wed Jul 11 13:20:14 2012): The system is going down to maintenance mode NOW!

EMC Avamar define SMTP server

Posted: July 16, 2012 in EMC, technology Tags: Avamar, EMC, smtp

0 login as admin on Avamar server #vi /usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_data/prefs/mcserver.xml Then find following: <root type=system> <node name=com> <node name=avamar> <node name=asn> <node name=module> <node name=mail> <entry key=smtpHost value=mail/> <entry key=admin_mail_sender_address value="/> Change values as required. Save and exit dpnctl stop mcs dpnctl start

EMC Avamar change time / NTP settings

Posted: July 11, 2012 in EMC Tags: asktime, Avamar, EMC, ntp

0 Login to Avamar with user dpn

# su dpn # ssh-agent bash # ssh-add ~/.ssh/dpnid # export SYSPROBEUSER=root then run the following command and answer the on-screen question: # asktime ** no Avamar reboot or system halt was needed. ** in case of a multi-node system, please look into the manual for the mapall command.