Avamar Data Domain Integration

September 2014

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Revision Date: 09/2014

Revision Number: MR-7LN-AVADDI.7-1.1.0

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1 Avamar Data Domain Integration Lab Sept 2014

Guide

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 Table of Contents
COPYRIGHT............................................................................................................. 2

DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY ............................................................................. 3

LAB EXERCISE 1: CONFIGURING AN AVAMAR-DATA DOMAIN SOLUTION ............... 5

LAB 1: PART 1 - LOGGING INTO AND CONFIGURING THE LAB ENVIRONMENT............................6

LAB 1: PART 2 - INTEGRATE A DATA DOMAIN WITH AN AVAMAR SERVER ..............................12
LAB 1: PART 3 - PERFORM A BACKUP AND RESTORE WITH A DATA DOMAIN ..........................16
LAB 1: PART 4 - EXPLORING THE AVAMAR-DATA DOMAIN ENVIRONMENT ............................18

LAB EXERCISE 2: SYSTEM MIGRATION OF AN AVAMAR-DATA DOMAIN SOLUTION24

LAB 2: PART 1 - MIGRATING A DATA DOMAIN SYSTEM......................................................25

LAB 2: PART 2 - MIGRATING AN AVAMAR SERVER ............................................................32

END OF LAB - CLEANUP......................................................................................... 40

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 Lab Exercise 1: Configuring an Avamar-Data Domain Solution

Purpose: In this lab, you will integrate a Data Domain with an Avamar
server.

Tasks: In this lab, you will:

 Log in and configure a lab environment
 Integrate a Data Domain with an Avamar server
 Perform backups and restores from a Data Domain

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 Lab 1: Part 1 - Logging into and Configuring the Lab Environment

Step Action

1 Log into a Windows classroom computer.

The logon screen for your Windows client host is displayed.

Note: Your instructor will provide login instructions.

2 Open Microsoft Internet Explorer and go to the URL: https://vdc.emc.com

Log in to the Virtual Data Center with the user name and password provided to
you by the instructor.

3 At the next screen, click the vCloud link.

4 If you see this message, click Continue to this website.

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5 At the vCloud login screen, enter the same User name and Password assigned to
you by your instructor. Then, click Login.

6 You will be using the Avamar DD 7.1 Lab vApp for all the labs for this course. To
get your own personal copy of the vApp, clone the vApp to My Cloud.

From the home screen, click Add vApp from Catalog and

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 Step Action

7 Select the Avamar DD 7.1 Lab vApp and click Next.

8 Add your name to the beginning of the configuration name: “YOUR-NAME

Avamar DD 7.1 Lab.” Leave all other settings at default and click Next, then
Finish.

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 Step Action

9 Result: When the clone operation completes, you see a copy of the Avamar DD
7.1 Lab vApp in the home screen. The status of the vApp is Stopped.

Start the vApp by clicking the green Start button. Then, click Open.

Note: Starting the vApp may take 4-5 minutes.

10 To view a console window, click in the blue console icon of the virtual machine
that you want to work in. Click the win console.

Result: A new windows opens showing the console for that machine. When you
wish to work on another virtual machine, return to the vApp Diagram window
and click another console.

11 Once the machine has booted, send a Ctrl-Alt-Delete sequence to the Windows
machine by clicking the icon in the top right of the console window.

12 Log in as user EMC\Administrator with password student

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 Step Action

13 The virtual Data Domain systems in this lab use a temporary license. To activate
this license, open the configure DataDomain script folder on the Desktop.
Double-click the configure_DD01.bat and configure_DD02.bat files to run these
scripts.

The scripts are successful if they each create scriptdone files:

Note: If the scripts fail, wait a few minutes for the Data Domains to complete
booting and try again.

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 Step Action

14 The lab environment is now ready to use. The Avamar DD 7.1 Lab vApp consists of
these 5 virtual machines:

 win - This is your primary Windows workstation for the labs. It also is a domain
controller and DNS for your configuration.
 single01 - This is your Avamar single-node server.
 single02 - This is a second Avamar single-node server. You will migrate to this server
in a later lab.
 dd01 - This is a Data Domain system
 dd02 - This is a second Data Domain system. You will migrate to this server in a later
lab.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Lab 1: Part 2 - Integrate a Data Domain with an Avamar Server

Step Action

1 Log into win as user EMC\Administrator with password student.

2 You must first configure DD Boost and SNMP on the Data Domain before it can be
added to the Avamar server.

Launch a web browser and browse to the Data Domain Enterprise Manager GUI for
your first Data Domain by entering the following address:

http://dd01.emc.edu

Log in as sysadmin using the password student

3 Select the dd01 in the tree on the left and click on Data Management DD Boost
from the tabs at the top of the interface.

4 Click DD Boost User: Modify to create a new DD Boost user account.

5 Create a new user with the following settings:

User Name: ddboost_user

Password: student
Verify Password: student
Role: admin

Click OK.

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 Step Action

6 Click Enable to enable DD Boost.

7 Click the System Settings  General Configuration  SNMP tab.

8 Scroll down to the SNMP V2C Configuration section and click Create in the
Communities subsection.

9 Name the community avamarSNMP and set it to read-write. Click OK.

10 The Data Domain is now ready to be added to the Avamar server. Log out of Data
Domain and close the web browser.

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 Step Action

11 Launch Avamar Administrator from the link on the desktop. Log into single01
as MCUser with password MCUser1.

12 Open the Server interface and select the Server Management tab.

13 Select Actions  Add Data Domain System. Enter the following information into
the dialog box:

Data Domain System Name: dd01.emc.edu

DD Boost User Name: ddboost_user
Password: student
Verify Password: student

Click Get Stream Info to see the maximum number of streams supported by the
Data Domain. Confirm any warnings and notifications that appear.

Don’t click OK yet!

14 Click the SNMP tab. Enter avamarSNMP as the SNMP Community String.

15 Click OK. Ensure that the Data Domain has been added and click Close.

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 Step Action

16 Click the Server Monitor tab and the Data Domain tab. Examine the Data Domain
statistics.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Lab 1: Part 3 - Perform a Backup and Restore with a Data Domain

Step Action

1 Log onto win with username EMC\Administrator and password student.

2 Open Avamar Administrator. Log onto single01 with username MCUser and
password MCUser1.

3 Open the Backup and Restore interface. Select the win client from the tree on
the left. Select Windows File System  C:  Abackup from the plug-in
window.

Click Actions  Backup Now.

4 From the options dialog box, click on More Options.

Select the Store backup on Data Domain system checkbox. Select

dd01.emc.edu from the drop-down list.

Click OK. Click OK again to start the backup.

5 Open the Activity interface and ensure that the backup completes successfully.
Note that the backup is being stored on the Data Domain by looking at the
Server column.

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 Step Action

6 When the backup completes, open the C:\Abackup directory. Delete all files in
this directory.

7 In Avamar Administrator, open the Backup and Restore interface.

8 Select the win client and click the Restore tab. Select the backup that was
performed in the previous part of this lab.

Select the Abackup directory and click Actions  Restore Now. Click OK to start
the backup.

9 Open the Activity interface to monitor the recovery.

10 Open the C:\Abackup directory and view the restored files.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Lab 1: Part 4 - Exploring the Avamar-Data Domain Environment

Step Action

1 Open Avamar Administrator if not already running. Log onto single01 with
username MCUser and password MCUser1.

Open the Launcher interface by selecting Navigation > Launcher.

2 View the Capacity section and make a note of the Avamar usage and the Data
Domain usage.

Click on the bar in the single01.emc.edu section:

3 A window showing the Avamar server and metadata utilization appears. View
the capacity utilization and close the window.

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 Step Action

4 Click the dd01.emc.edu link in the capacity section to open the Data Domain
management interface. Ignore any security certificate warnings.

5 Log in to the Data Domain GUI with the username sysadmin and password
student

6 In the next few steps, you will use CIFS to explore the organization of Avamar
data on a Data Domain. This is for exploration purposes only and is not typically
done in a production environment.

Select dd01.emc.edu from the left panel. Select Data Management > CIFS

7 Create a new CIFS share by selecting the Shares tab, and clicking Create.

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 Step Action

8 Provide the following information:

Share Name: col1

Directory Path: /data/col1
Clients: (Click the plus sign, and add * as a client)
Allow Browsing: <checked>
Writable: <not checked>

Click OK

9 Select the Configuration tab, and click Configure Authentication.

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10 Provide the following information:

Mode: Active Directory

Realm Name: emc.edu
User Name: Administrator
Password: student

Click OK then OK again to confirm the warning.

11 Select Run from the Start Menu and enter \\dd01.emc.edu\col1

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12 Explore the avamar-<SYS-ID> directory and the cur directory beneath it. The
directory in the cur directory represents the win client.

13 Open the directory representing the win client to view the directory that
represents the backup taken earlier.

Open the Backup and Restore interface in Avamar Administrator. Perform a

second backup to the Data Domain. Note that a second backup directory has
been created.

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14 Open the Data Domain interface. From the Data Management > CIFS > Shares
tab, select the col1 share and click Delete.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Lab Exercise 2: System Migration of an Avamar-Data domain Solution

Purpose: In this lab, you will migrate data to perform both a Data
Domain replacement, and an Avamar server replacement.

Tasks: In this lab, you will:

 Migrate and replace a Data Domain system
 Migrate and replace an Avamar server

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 Lab 2: Part 1 - Migrating a Data Domain System

Step Action

1 The dd01 Data Domain system is currently integrated with the Avamar server
single01. In this lab, you will replace dd01 with a new Data Domain system,
dd02, while keeping single01 in use.

Log into win as user EMC\Administrator with password student.

2 Open putty from the link on the desktop. Open a session to single01.emc.edu.
Log in as admin with a password of EMCAvamar1!

3 Create a checkpoint by typing the following command:

mccli checkpoint create

4 View the new checkpoint by entering the following command:

mccli checkpoint show

Make a note of the checkpoint tag.

5 Validate the new checkpoint with the following command. Use the CP-Tag
number from the previous step.

mccli checkpoint validate --cptag=<CP-Tag>

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 Step Action

6 Wait a few minutes for the checkpoint validation to complete. Confirm that the
checkpoint is validated with the following command:

mccli checkpoint show

7 Determine the Avamar server’s system ID number. This number is used in the
name of the Data Domain’s MTree for the Avamar server.

avmaint hfscreatetime

Make a note of this number.

Avamar-ID: _______________________________________

8 Launch a web browser and browse to the Data Domain Enterprise Manager GUI
for your Data Domain by entering the following address:

http://dd01.emc.edu

Log in as sysadmin using the password student

9 Add dd02 to the interface by clicking the Add above the left panel.

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 Step Action

10 Provide the following information:

System Name: dd02.emc.edu

User Name: sysadmin
Password: student

Click OK and confirm the security certificate.

11 Select Replication from the top of the interface and click Create Pair.

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 Step Action

12 Provide the following information:

Replication Type: MTree

Source System: dd01.emc.edu
Source Path: /data/col1/avamar-<Avamar-ID>
Destination System: dd02.emc.edu
Destination Path: /data/col1/avamar-<Avamar-ID>

Where <Avamar-ID> is the number recorded in step 7.

Click OK. This will create the replication pair and begin replication.

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 Step Action

13 Since our lab environment does not contain much data, the replication should
complete very quickly. Wait for the replication to show an Idle state and a
completion time of Completed.

14 Open Avamar Administrator if not already running. Log onto single01 with
username MCUser and password MCUser1.

Open the Server interface by selecting Navigation > Server.

15 Stop maintenance operations, if not already suspended, by selecting Actions >

Suspend Maintenance Activities.

Also, stop backup operations by selecting Actions > Suspend Backups/Restores.

16 In a putty session to single01, put the server into read-only mode with the
following command:

avmaint access readonly --avamaronly

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 Step Action

17 Return to the Data Domain GUI. Select the replication pair created earlier and
delete it by clicking Delete Pair.

18 Open putty from the link on the desktop. Open a session to the destination Data
Domain, dd02.emc.edu. Log in as sysadmin with a password of student

19 You will create and enable a DD Boost user. This will also ensure proper DD
Boost file ownership.

First, disable DD Boost:

ddboost disable

Type yes to confirm.

20 Create a new user account with the following command:

user add ddboost_user

When prompted, enter a password of student

21 Grant the user administrative privilege:

user change role ddboost_user admin

22 Set the DD Boost user to the new user account:

ddboost set user-name ddboost_user

23 Enable DD Boost:

ddboost enable

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24 Create the SNMP community on dd02 and enable it with the following
commands:

snmp add rw-community avamarSNMP

snmp enable

25 Open a putty session to single01.emc.edu and log in as admin with a password

of student

Take the server out of read-only mode with the following command:

avmaint access normal --avamaronly

26 Open Avamar Administrator to the single01 server. Open the Server interface by
selecting Navigation > Server.

27 On the Server Management tab, select dd01.emc.edu and select Actions > Edit
Data Domain System.

28 Change the Data Domain System Name to dd02.emc.edu and click OK.

29 Resume maintenance operations by selecting Actions > Resume Maintenance

Activities.

Also, resume backup operations by selecting Actions > Resume

Backups/Restores.

30 Open the Backup and Restore interface in Avamar Administrator. Select the win
client, click the Restore tab, and perform a test restore to ensure that the data is
still accessible.

End of Lab Exercise

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 Lab 2: Part 2 - Migrating an Avamar Server

Step Action

1 The dd02 Data Domain system is currently integrated with the Avamar server
single01. In this lab, you will replace single01 with a new Avamar server,
single02, while keeping the same Data Domain, dd02, in use.

Log into win as user EMC\Administrator with password student.

2 Launch Avamar Administrator from the link on the desktop. Log into the
replacement Avamar server, single02 as MCUser with password MCUser1

3 Open the Server interface and select the Server Management tab.

4 Select Actions  Add Data Domain System. Enter the following information
into the dialog box:

Data Domain System Name: dd02.emc.edu

DD Boost User Name: ddboost_user
Password: student
Verify Password: student
Use system as default replication storage: <Checked>

Click Get Stream Info to see the maximum number of streams supported by the
Data Domain. Confirm any warnings and messages.

Don’t click OK yet!

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 Step Action

5 Click the SNMP tab. Enter avamarSNMP as the SNMP Community String.

6 Click OK. Ensure that the Data Domain has been added and click Close.

7 Open putty from the link on the desktop. Open a session to single01.emc.edu.
Log in as admin with a password of EMCAvamar1!

8 Create a fresh backup of the MCS database by entering the following command:

mcserver.sh --flush

This command may take a moment to complete.

9 Also, flush the EMS database by entering the following command:

emserver.sh --flush

This command may take a moment to complete.

10 Initiate a full root-to-root replication and write the output to a log file. Enter the
following command on one line:

nohup avrepl --operation=replicate

--[replscript]dstaddr=single02.emc.edu
--[replscript]dstid=root
--dstpassword=root12 --[avtar]id=root
--[replscript]fullcopy=true --ap=root12
--[replscript]dstencrypt=tls
--send-adhoc-request=false --max-streams=8
--[replscript]timeout=0 >>
/home/admin/replicate_YYYYMMDD.log 2>&1 &

where YYYYMMDD is the current date.

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 Step Action

11 Monitor the replication progress by viewing the log file:

tail -f /home/admin/replicate_YYYMMDD.log

Wait for the replication to complete. Press Ctrl-C to exit the tail command.

12 Open putty from the link on the desktop. Open a session to the destination
server, single02.emc.edu. Log in as admin with a password of EMCAvamar1!

13 Stop the MCS process by typing the following:

mcserver.sh --stop

Enter Y to confirm.

14 Restore the MCS database by entering the command below. You will be asked to
answer a series of prompts in the next few steps.

mcserver.sh --restore --restoretype=new-system

15 Enter Y to proceed with the restore.

16 Enter the destination server, single02.emc.edu when asked for the Avamar
server to restore from.

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 Step Action

17 Press Enter to accept the default IP port of 27000.

Note: There is a delay of about a minute and many pages of output before the
next prompt appears.

If the following appears on the screen, enter y to confirm overwriting.

18 The following appears on the screen

Select single02.emc.edu by entering 1.

19 The following appears on the screen:

Press Enter to accept the default of single02.

20 Press Enter to accept the default IP port of 27000.

21 Enter 1 to select the default value for the RMI machine IP address.

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22 Enter root12 as the Avamar root user password.

23 Enter MCUser1 as the Avamar MCUser password.

Note: This command may take a few minutes to complete.

24 Start the MCS service using the following command:

mcserver.sh --start

25 Stop the EMS service using the following command:

emserver.sh --stop

Enter Y to confirm.

26 Restore the EMS database by entering the command below. You will be asked to
answer a series of prompts in the next few steps.

emserver.sh --restore --restoretype=new-system

There will be a delay, then enter Y to proceed with the restore.

27 Enter the destination server, single02.emc.edu when asked for the Avamar
server to restore from.

28 Press Enter to accept the default IP port of 27000.

29 Start the EMS service using the following command:

emserver.sh --start

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 Step Action

30 The win client is currently activated to single01. However, single02 also contains
this client as an activated client. To ensure proper activation, you should
deactivate the client from single02 and then re-activate.

Launch Avamar Administrator from the link on the desktop. Log into the
replacement Avamar server, single02 as MCUser with password MCUser1

31 Open the Policy interface. Select the Policy Management > Clients tab.

32 Select the clients domain, and select the win.emc.edu client. Click Edit.

33 Uncheck the Activated box. Click OK.

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34 On the win client, right-click the Avamar Icon in the system tray and select
Manage > Activate Client.

35 Change the Administrator Server Address to single02.emc.edu.

Click Activate. If prompted, confirm the deactivation by clicking Yes.

36 Open the Backup and Restore interface in Avamar Administrator. Select the win
client, click the Restore tab, and perform a test restore to ensure that the data is
still accessible.

37 Tom complete the migration, you must delete the backup metadata from the
original Avamar server, and delete the data on the Data Domain that is still
referenced by the original Avamar.

Open putty from the link on the desktop. Open a session to the original server,
single01.emc.edu. Log in as admin with a password of EMCAvamar1!

38 Determine the ddr_index value for dd02. Enter the following command:

ddrmaint read-ddr-info

This command will output XML formatted information.

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 Step Action

39 Find the hostname=”dd02.emc.edu” property. Within the same XML element,

find the index property and make a note of the number.

In the example below, the ddr_index number is 1.

40 Remove the backups with the following command:

remove_ddr_backups <DDR_INDEX> --delete-backups

Where <DDR_INDEX> is the ddr_index number from the previous step.

Type yes to confirm.

41 Launch Avamar Administrator from the link on the desktop. Log into the original
Avamar server, single01 as MCUser with password MCUser1

42 Open the Server interface and select the Server Management tab.

43 Select dd02.emc.edu from the tree on the left. Then, select Actions > Delete
Data Domain System.

Click Yes to confirm.

End of Lab Exercise

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 END OF LAB - CLEANUP

When you are sure that you are finished with the labs, please perform these lab clean-up steps.

Step Action

1 Click My Cloud and then vApps from the left side of the main vCloud window.

2 Right-click your vApp and select Stop.

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3 When you are sure that you no longer want to work in this lab configuration, right-click
your vApp and select Delete.

Result: Your vApp will be deleted.

End of Lab Exercise

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