IDPA/Avamar/DD/PPDM

IDPA or Avamar/Data Domain: How to reclaim space and reduce capacity usage on DD Active tier
Summary: Data Domain Active tier capacity is increasing rapidly, is near 100%, or needs to be reduced below 85% before a planned IDPA upgrade. There are man...
Fri, 30 Oct, 2020 at 1:05 PM
IDPA Shutdown process
To ensure a graceful shutdown, user must follow "Shutting down the IDPA appliance using Appliance Configuration Manager (ACM)&nb...
Wed, 4 Aug, 2021 at 3:49 PM
Avamar - MCS service not starting
Avamar - MCS service not starting After powering on an Avamar, the MCS service will not start. admin@Avamar:~/>: dpnctl status   dpnctl: INF...
Wed, 4 Aug, 2021 at 3:51 PM
Verifying SP collects from VNX
Verifying SP collects    Install Unisphere service manager After installation EMC folder is created under C drive Goto C: -> EMC -...
Wed, 4 Aug, 2021 at 3:54 PM
Avamar Linux client installation
Avamar Linux client installation     Download Linux client plugin from https://AVAMARSERVER/dtlt/home.html   ...
Wed, 18 Aug, 2021 at 10:13 AM
Avamar - NDMP Accelerator Node failed
Avamar - NDMP Accelerator Node failed to connect to the NAS device on random port with error message: Unable to establish data connection to address &n...
Wed, 18 Aug, 2021 at 10:15 AM
Data Domain: The Data Domain File System (DDFS) may be disabled if there is a backwards jump in system time configured on the system
Symptoms Data Domain Operating System (DDOS) version 6.x (and later) contains a new safeguard which causes the Data Domain File System (DDFS) to be disable...
Mon, 19 Dec, 2022 at 10:48 AM
How to unlock PPDM Admin account that's get locked by wrong passwords
Login into the VM console as root  and follow as below. To check the users that have been locked out and the number of attempts run: pam_tally2 To unlock...
Wed, 12 Apr, 2023 at 2:16 PM