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Table of Contents

Explore Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) ...................................................................... 4

What is Avamar Virtual Edition ............................................................................................ 5
Avamar Virtual Edition Supported Environments ................................................................. 6
Avamar Virtual Edition Configurations and Pre-Requisites .................................................. 7

Examining AVE Configurations .............................................................................. 10

Appropriate Environments for AVE.....................................................................................11
AVE Installation in VMware Environment ...........................................................................13
VM Disk Configuration .......................................................................................................15
AVE Deployment on KVM Infrastructure ............................................................................17
Deploy an AVE VM on Hyper-V..........................................................................................23

Explore, Install and Upgrade AVE .......................................................................... 27

Simulation Activity (see appendix for simulation steps) ......................................................28
Simulation Activity Conversation 2 .....................................................................................29
Upgrading AVE ..................................................................................................................30
Post Installation Activities ...................................................................................................37

Analyze Expanding AVE with ave_scale Command ............................................. 39

What is the ave_scale Command....................................................................................40
Running the ave_scale Command ..................................................................................42
Examples of ave_scale Command .....................................................................................47
Course Completion ............................................................................................................51

Appendix ................................................................................................. 52

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Upon completion of the Dell Avamar Implementation course, students will:

→ Describe the Avamar installation and upgrade process.
→ Navigate through the installation and upgrade wizards.
→ Understand how to size and allocate the proper resources for Avamar Virtual
Addition.

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Explore Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE)

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What is Avamar Virtual Edition

Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) is a simplified, single-node version of Avamar

software for easy deployment in virtual environments. AVE is integrated as a
prepackaged virtual machine, instance, or machine image depending on the
environment.

The AVE provides the following features:

• Supports multiple environments such as VMware, Hyper-V, AWS, and Azure.

• Enables simplified management by virtualizing all aspects of the backup and
recovery solution.
• Lowers the cost of ownership by sharing server and storage infrastructure.
• Reduces the cost of support and maintenance on the hardware and the need
for backup administrators at the remote sites.

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Avamar Virtual Edition Supported Environments

AVE is deployed in the following environments:

• VMware ESXi 6.0, 6.5, or 6.7

• Microsoft Azure
• Hyper-V
• Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM)
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Important: Use the E-Lab Navigator for details on supported

versions.

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Avamar Virtual Edition Configurations and Pre-Requisites

The following pre-requisites must be reviewed before an AVE installation in a

VMware environment:

System Requirements

ESXi versions 5.1i, 5.5i, 6.0i, 6.5i, and 6.7i and Windows 2012, Windows 2016, and
2012 R2 are supported by the latest versions of AVE.

Requiremen 0.5 TB 1 TB 2 TB 4 TB 8 TB 16 TB
ts AVE AVE AVE AVE AVE AVE

Processors Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum Minimum

two 2 two 2 two 2 four 2 eight 2 sixteen 2
GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz GHz
processo processo processo processo processo processo
rs rs rs rs rs rs

Memory 6 GB 8 GB 16 GB 36 GB 48 GB 96 GB

Disk Space 935 GB 1,685 GB 3,185 GB 6,185 GB 12,185 24,185

GB GB

etwork 1 GbE connection

Connection

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Virtual Disk Requirements

The AVE disk layout consists of one operating system disk and several storage
partitions1. The table below defines the number and size of the virtual disks that are
required for each capacity configuration. The OS disk stores the operating system,
Avamar application, and log files.

Capacity Configuration Number of Virtual Disks

0.5 TB Three storage partitions (250

GB each)2

1 TB Six storage partitions (250 GB

each)

2 TB Three storage partitions (1000

GB each)

1 Backup data is stored in the storage partitions. All the data is evenly distributed
across the storage partitions. The primary portion of the disk read, write, and seek
usage occurs on the storage partitions. Distribute the storage partitions across
high-performance logical units in order to improve the performance in a storage
configuration.
2 An AVE .ova installation creates three 250 GB storage partitions along with the

operating system disk and hence requires approximately 935 GB of free disk space
during the installation. However, an AVE .ovf installation does not create storage
partitions during installation and therefore requires only enough disk space for the
operating system disk at the time of installation. Then manually create additional
storage partitions.

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4 TB Six storage partitions (1000 GB

each)

8 TB 12 storage partitions (1000 GB

each)

16 TB 12 storage partitions (2000 GB

each)

Software Requirements

Be sure to have the following in order to perform the installation:

• AVE installation packages

• Operating System patches
• PuTTy

Network Requirements

The following information needs to be gathered before installing AVE:

• Hostnames and IP addresses for the AVE virtual machine and the DNS server
• Gateway, netmask, and domain of the AVE virtual machine
• Firewall access

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Examining AVE Configurations

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Appropriate Environments for AVE

The following factors affect the reliability, availability, and supportability of an AVE
virtual machine:
• I/O performance capability of an AVE storage subsystem
• Amount of data added daily to the AVE virtual machine
• Capacity used within the AVE virtual machine

The file server and mixed environments are used to determine the proper
implementation of an AVE. File server environments include only file system data
and mixed environments include file system data and structured data (for example,
database data).

Capacity Configuration File Server Data Mixed Data

0.5 TB AVE Less than 2 GB per Less than 5 GB

day per day

1 TB AVE Less than 4 GB per Less than 10 GB

day per day

2 TB AVE Less than 8 GB per Less than 20 GB

day per day

4 TB AVE Less than 20 GB Less than 20 GB

per day per day

8 TB AVE Less than 40 GB Less than 40 GB

per day per day

16 TB AVE Less than 80 GB Less than 80 GB

per day per day

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Important: The capacities that are mentioned in the above table are
post deduplication. The size of the actual source data that can be
protected can be much larger.

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AVE Installation in VMware Environment

The deployment of AVE virtual machine in a VMware environment is performed

using one of the two possible templates:

OVA

During an AVE OVA template deployment, three 250 GB virtual disks are created
that match the 0.5 TB configuration. These virtual disks can be reused for the 1 TB
configuration as well. For any other configurations (2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, and 16 TB)
deployment requires you to remove these virtual disks and create disks of the
appropriate size.

The following tasks must be performed while deploying AVE virtual machine using
an OVA template:

1. Prepare a virtual machine OVA.

2. Create additional virtual hard disks (for 2, 4, 8, and 16 TB configuration).
3. Install and Configure the Avamar software.

OVF

During an AVE OVF template deployment, no virtual disks are created. Manually
create the virtual disks as per the configurations used in the environment. Similarly,
users must configure additional network configuration during the deployment itself.

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In case of an AVE OVF template deployment, all supporting files should be

available in the system.

The following tasks must be performed while deploying AVE virtual machine using
an OVF template:

1. Prepare a virtual machine OVF.

2. Create additional virtual hard disks.
3. Configure network settings.
4. Install and Configure the Avamar software.

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VM Disk Configuration

Virtual machines use virtual disks for storage. These disks can be set to thin
provision or thick provision, which are also seen as dynamic and fixed in Hyper-V.
Avamar Virtual Edition uses thick-provisioning disks. When thick provisioning is
used, all disk space is allocated upon creation of the virtual disk.

Thick Provision Thin Provision

Lazy Zeroing Eager Zeroing

RAID 1 RAID 10

Disk Provisioning

Similarly, virtual disks can be either eager zeroed or lazy zeroed. Eager zeroing
zeroes out all disk blocks at the time of disk creation. Lazy zeroing waits until the
first write to a disk block before that block is zeroed out.

Lazy zeroing is used during installation which can be converted to eager zeroing
later for better performance. The drawback of using eager zeroing is even though
eager zeroing provides better initial performance during the operation of the AVE,

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creating these disks can take hours and can lead to timeout errors during
installation.

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AVE Deployment on KVM Infrastructure

The steps below show how to deploy and configure an AVE on KVM Infrastructure
using the AVE zip file and KVM tools. This is only the deployment of the VM, The
Avamar Installation Manager will need to be used to install and configure Avamar.
For complete steps on installing Avamar please refer to the Dell EMC Avamar
Virtual Edition and Upgrade Guide.

Extract the Zip File and Create Disks

• Extract the zip file .

− 7za x KVM_IMAGE_FILE_NAME
• Create primary disk for the operating system.
− qemu-img create -f qcow2 -o
backing_file=KVM_IMAGE_FILE_NAME PRIMARY_DISK_NAME
• Create the disks used for storage by typing the following commands for each
disk used for storage.

− qemu-img create -f qcow2 FIRST_DISK_NAME FIRST_DISK_SIZE

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Using the host CLI to extract the zip file, and create VM disks.

New Virtual Machine Manager

• Launch the KVM Virtual Machine Manager wizard to create an AVE instance.

− Select Import existing disk image then click Forward.

Create a new virtual machine wizard.

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Choose Operating System

Select the primary disk, and then click Forward.

Selecting the primary disk.

Add VM Resources

• Select Memory and CPU requirements for the size of AVE you are deploying
then click Forward.

Adding VM resources.

Add Storage Disks

• On the virtual machine main page click on Overview.

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− click button Add Hardware.

− Add new storage disks one at a time then click Finish.
• Change the mode of the created disks.

Adding storage disks.

Select Network Interface and Deploy the AVE

• In the left navigation pane of the Basic Details window, select the NIC.
− From the Virtual Network Interface fields, configure the NIC to ensure that
you can access AVE from outside of the KVM host.
• Select Begin Installation.

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Network interface.

Verify Network

The AVE will start the CLI automatically.

• Log into the AVE.

• Configure the network by typing avenetconfig.
• Review the network setting, and verify they are running.

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Verify Network settings.

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Deploy an AVE VM on Hyper-V

The steps below show how to deploy and configure an AVE VM on Hyper-V using
the AVE zip file and Hyper-V tools. This is only the deployment of the VM, The
Avamar Installation Manager will need to be used to install and configure Avamar.
For complete steps on installing Avamar please refer to the Dell EMC Avamar
Virtual Edition and Upgrade Guide.

Import Virtual Machine

• In the Hyper-V Manager click Import Virtual Machine under Actions.

• Browse to locate the AVE zip file.
• Select Virtual Machine highlight the Virtual Machine, and click Next.
• Choose Import Type, select Copy the virtual machine (create a new unique
ID) and click Next.

Import Virtual Machine Wizard.

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VM File Locations

• Choose Destination, accept the default settings, and click Next.

• Choose Storage Folders, accept the default settings and click Next.
• Summary, review the selections, and if correct, click Finish.

Folders for virtual machine files.

Configure VM Resources

• In the Settings window, under Hardware, choose SCSI Controller. Select

Hard Drive and click Add.
− In the Hard Drive window, select Virtual hard disk, and click Browse.
− Repeat steps for each VHD associated with the AVE virtual machine size.
Click Apply.
• In the Settings window, under Hardware, select Add Hardware and for the
type choose Network Adapter click Add.

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− Select the new Network Adapter under Virtual switch, select the network
connection's virtual switch from the drop-down menu. Click Apply.
• In the Processor window, update the number of virtual CPUs based on the size
of the AVE license, and click Apply.
• In the Memory window, update the memory size which is based on the size of
the AVE license and click Apply click OK.
• Power on the virtual machine. The system will reboot once after initial power on.

Settings for VM resources.

Configure Network Settings

The avenetconfig command runs automatically when the virtual machine is first
booted.

• To enter the IPv4 IP Configuration, press 1.

− Press 2 to enter the IPv4 Default Gateway address.

• Press 3 to enter the DNS Settings.
− Press appropriate number to enter Alternative Search Domain(s).

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− Press the appropriate number to enter the Hostname/FQDN.

• Press 4 to enter or change the NTP Settings.
• Press 1 to enter the IP address(s) for the NTP server(s).
• Press 3 to return to the main menu.
• At the main menu, review the configuration and press 5 to save the changes
and exit.

Network setting in the AVE CLI.

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Simulation Activity (see appendix for simulation steps)

Simulation Activity

1. In the simulation we selected Thin Provision for the disk format because this
deployment is in a virtual lab. Why is thin provision the best choice for a lab
environment?
a. Thin provisioning is a fixed size.
b. Thin provisioning will use the entire allocated space.

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Simulation Activity Conversation 2

2. In the Avamar Installation Manager the America/New_York time zone was

selected. What time zone should an AVE be set to?
a. An AVE should be set to the time zone where it will be backing up.
b. An AVE should be set to the time zone of the ESXI host.

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Upgrading AVE

The AVE upgrade workflow package provides a customer-enabled way to upgrade

the Avamar software on an AVE virtual machine. Version 19.4 and higher, replaces
the SLES 11 and SLES 12 operating systems. The AVE 19.4 now supports virtual
environments for SLES 12 SP5.

Tip: Be sure that all replication processes have completed or stopped.

An active replication session may cause the upgrade to fail.

Important: For more details on upgrades see Dell Avamar Virtual

Edition Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Step One

Download the AVE upgrade workflow package from Dell Support or Avamar
Downloader Service or Local Downloader Service (LDLS).

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Step One

Step Two

Open a web browser and log in to the Avamar Installation Manager by entering
https://Avamar-server:7543/avi. Avamar-server is the IP address or the
hostname of the Avamar server. Log in as root for the Avamar software.

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Step Two

Step Three

Under the Repository tab, upload the Avamar Upgrade (AvamarUpgrade-

<version>.avp) package and wait until the status of the package is accepted.

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AvamarUpgrade-19.4.avp

AvamarUpgrade-19.4.avp

AvamarUpgrade-19.4.avp

Step Three

Step Four

Click the SW Upgrade tab, and, then click Install to initiate the Avamar upgrade.

19.4

19. 19.

Step Four

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Step Five

On the Installation Setup page, enter the required information, click Save and
then Continue.

Step Five

Step Six

During the upgrade process, the Avamar server restarts, and the Avamar
Installation Manager is displayed.

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Step Six

Step Seven

Log into the Avamar Installation Manager and click Monitor to view the progress
of the upgrade.

The upgrade is now complete. Continue to the post installation activities.

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Post Installation Activities

Once the upgrade has completed, verify the following:

Tasks Description of Task

Verify all Avamar services are up and Log in to the Avamar server and run the
running. command dpnctl status. Verify the
gsan version3 and all nodes are up and
running. If any services are not running
the command dpnctl start resumes
all services.

Confirm access to existing backups. Go to the AUI and confirm a restore of a

clients previous backup. Administrators
should see all existing backups available
for the restore.

Run a test backup. From the AUI choose an existing client to

backup.

Test replication. Select a suitable replication group or

policy, and perform an on-demand
replication.

3 This file shows the version of Avamar from the upgrade.

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If a PowerProtect DD is integrated with A new certificate must be generated after

the Avamar generate new certificates. an Avamar has been upgraded. Test a
backup to the target PowerProtect DD.
To prevent accidental backups to the
Avamar metadata node, verify the
PowerProtect DD is chosen to store all
backups.4

Best Practice: Always review the Dell Avamar Installation and Upgrade
Guide before doing any installations or upgrades.

Important: To generate a new certificate refer to the steps outlined in

the Dell Avamar Installation and Upgrade Guide.

4By default, all Avamar and PowerProtect DD integrations enable client backups to
be stored on either the Avamar or PowerProtect DD system.

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What is the ave_scale Command

Avamar ave_scale command is the tool that enables an administrator to expand

the data capacity on an AVE that is supported by a vSphere host. The tool also
expands the capacity of the /space partition of an AVE instance to 96GB.

The tool is available in the following binaries:

• ave_scale.exe for Windows

• ave_scale for Linux

The upgrade path for the tool is the following:

Old New Version

Version

0.5 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, 8TB, 16TB

1TB 2TB.M, 4TB, 8TB, 16TB

2TB 4TB, 8TB, 16TB

4TB 8TB, 16TB

8TB 16TB

Best Practice: Before expanding the AVE, Dell Technologies

recommends that users replicate Avamar server to another Avamar
server, or back up checkpoints to a PowerProtect DD system.

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Important: If the Avamar server is connected to a PowerProtect DD,

configure checkpoints' backups such that they are stored on the
PowerProtect DD system and create a new checkpoint.

Important: Replicate Avamar server to another Avamar server, and

all the latest backups to the destination Avamar server if Avamar is
not connected to a PowerProtect DD appliance.

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Running the ave_scale Command

Before running the ave_scale command, validate the following:

• The Avamar version must be 19.4 or higher.

• Run the ave_scale tool on an external system.
• Systems can be either Windows or LINUX and does not have to be the AVE
instance.

Supported Commands

The command ave_scale <command> options are the following:

Command Description Global Global Option Description

Option

precheck Checks the AVE -d --debug Debugs output

to see if its
configuration and
environment
allow for storage
expansion

expand Expands AVE -h --help Help for the tool

storage capacity
to one of the
supported
sizes: 1TB, 2TB,
4TB, 8TB, 16TB

createspace Creates a new -l --log Path to the log file

space partition if string • Default path is
the existing one ./ave_scale.log
isn't already at
• Use "-" for stderr
the target size of
96 GB

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help Help on any -v -- Version of the ave_scale

command version command

Running the ave_scale precheck Command

The precheck command identifies the AVE, and finds out possible scalable
options. Also, the command checks whether the datastore on which the virtual
machine is present, has sufficient space for expansion.

The ave_scale precheck <options> are the following:

Option Description

--ave-admin- AVE guest OS admin user password

password <value>

--ave-hostname Avamar server resolvable hostname or IP address. (This is

<value> mandatory for the use of the tool)

--ave-password Avamar server root password (default port number is 22)

<value>

--ave-ssh-port AVE SSH port number

<value>

--ave-vm-name AVE name from vCenter Server. (This is mandatory for the
<value> use of the tool)

--upgrade-to Selected upgrade configuration name

<value>

--vc-name vCenter Server name (This is mandatory for the use of the
<value> tool)

--vc-username vCenter Server username (This is mandatory for the use of

<value> the tool)

--vc-password vCenter Server password

<value>

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--vc-port vCenter Server port number, (default port number is 443)

<value>

Running the ave_scale expand Command

The ave_scale expand command expands the capacity of an AVE. For example
if a 0.5TB AVE is running out of capacity ave_scale expand can be ran to
expand the capacity to 1,2,4,8 or 16TB.

The ave_scale expand <options> are the following:

Option Description

--ave-admin-password <value> AVE guest OS admin user password

--ave-hostname <value> Avamar server resolvable hostname

or IP address (this is mandatory for
the use of the tool)

--ave-password <value> Avamar server root password

--ave-ssh-port <value> AVE SSH port number (the default

port number is 22)

--ave-vm-name <value> AVE name from vCenter Server (this

is mandatory for the use of the tool)

--upgrade-to <value> Selected upgrade configuration

name, value would be the size of
AVE you are expanding

--vc-name <value> vCenter Server name (this is

mandatory for the use of the tool)

--vc-username <value> vCenter Server username (this is

mandatory for the use of the tool)

--vc-password <value> vCenter Server password

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--vc-port <value> vCenter Server port number, (the

default port number is 443).

--non-interactive Runs the command in the non-

interactive mode
This option is useful in automating the
tasks on multiple AVEs.
This option works only if you specify
the other options.

Running the createspace Command

The createspace expand <options> are the following:

Option Description

--ave-admin-password <value> AVE guest OS admin user password

--ave-hostname <value> Avamar server resolvable hostname

or IP address (this is mandatory for
the use of the tool)

--ave-password <value> AVE guest OS root user password

--ave-vm-name <value> AVE guest name from vCenter

Server (this is mandatory for the use
of the tool)

--vc-name <value> vCenter Server resolvable hostname

(this is mandatory for the use of the
tool)

--vc-username <value> vCenter Server username

This is a mandatory option

--vc-password <value> vCenter Server password

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--vc-port <value> vCenter HTTPS port number (the

default port number is 443)

--non-interactive Runs the command in the non-

interactive mode when all the
required passwords are provided in
the command line

Tip: For more information on the ave_scale command, run the

command ave_scale <command> --help

Tip: If the --vc-password, --ave-password, or --upgrade-to

options are not specified, the precheck command interactively asks
for the values.

Important: Running ave_scale expand may require a new Avamar

License.

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Examples of ave_scale Command

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The ave_scale createspace adds a 96GB storage partition to an existing

AVE. the purpose of the expansion is to provide addition space for upgrading.

In this example of the ave_scale createspace command. in this example the command is
being ran with the --non interactive option. With the chose option the user will not be
prompted for the mandatory information.

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The output of the ave_scale createspace command shows that a 96GB partition already
exists. The partition is found to be adequate - no expansion needed.

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The storage view in vCenter for the existing AVE shows there are only 3 storage portions on
250GB before the ave_scale createspace command is ran..

After the command is run, the vCenter storage for the AVE shows an additional partition of 96GB
created.

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Course Completion

You Have Completed This Content

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Simulation Steps

Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) Installation in a VMware Environment

Enter the virtual machine name ave192 and select Avamar as the location in the
name and folder page.

Click Next to continue.

Select esx01.emc.edu from the compute resource tab.

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Click Next to continue.

Review the details of the AVE software and click Next.

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 In the License Agreement page, accept the license agreement and click Next.

Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) Installation in a VMware Environment

Select the virtual disk format as Thin Provision. Keep the default configuration for
VM Storage Policy. Then, select AVE-DE datastore from the list and click Next.

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 Note: Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) supports only Thick Provisioning. In
realtime scenario, we should use the virtual disk format as Thick Provision
Lazy Zeroed. Here, we selected thin provision as it is a test lab environment.

Keep the default settings in the network tab and click Next.

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 Enter the following information to configure Avamar software in the customize
template page.

• IPV4 Address and Mask/Prefix: 192.168.1.22/255.255.255.0

• IPV4 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1

• DNS Server(s): 192.168.1.21

• Hostname FQDN: ave192.emc.edu

Once these are filled, click Next to continue.

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Review the configuration summary and click Finish.

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We can see that the ave192 VM is getting deployed. This process will take
approximately 5-10 minutes based on the bandwidth.

Once the VM is deployed successfully, the next step is to double check if 3

additional hard disk (each with 250GB) is added. In order to perform this
operation, we need to right click ave192 VM and click Edit Settings.

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We can see that three additional hard disks are added each with 250GB apart
from system storage.

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 Click OK to close the dialog box.

Select the ave192 VM and click green Play Power On icon.

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 To view the console in order to login to the Avamar server, select the ave192
VM and click Launch Web Console. Then, select Web Console and click
OK. This will open the console in a separate web browser.

Once the VM is powered on, login to the machine with the credentials
(root/changeme).

Open a new web page and enter the following address:

https://ave192.emc.edu:7543/avi to navigate to the Avamar
Installation Manager interface.
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 Enter the credentials (root/changeme) to login. Once logged in, click
INSTALL to continue with the installation process.

In Avamar 19.2, we do not need to enter all the information. The required
information to be completed for the AVE installation will be highlighted with a red
alert icon with white exclamation mark. We have to provide Password and Server
settings (System Time Zone).

Enter the following details in the Passwords tab:

• Use common password: Checked

• Common Password: Password

• Common Password (confirm): Password

Under the Server Settings tab, select system time zone as

America/New_York.

Once this information has been properly filled-in, click SAVE and then click

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 CONTINUE.

The installation process is initiated. This process will take approximately 25-30
minutes to complete. The server will be rebooted. So, we need to login again to
the Avamar Installation Manager with the new password (as shown below) to view
the progress of the installation.

Username: root

Password: Avamar_123
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Once the Avamar installation is completed successfully, we need to check if the
Avamar server is functional. In order to check that, you need to open a new tab in
the web browser and enter the link:

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 https://ave192.emc.edu/aui.

Ignore any security warnings.

Enter the credentials (MCUser/Password) to login to the Avamar server.

If the login is successful, this means that the Avamar server is functional.

End of Task 1.

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