Managing Replication with Avamar Administrator

Task 1: Managing Replication with Avamar Administrator

1. [ ] In Avamar Administrator, click the Administration launcher button.

The Administration window appears.

2. [ ] Click the Services Administration tab.

Figure 1 Avamar Administrator – Services Administration

3. [ ] Double-click the Replication cron job entry in the properties table.

The Replication cron job dialog box appears.

Figure 2 Replication Cron Job

The Replication cron job dialog box displays the following information:

Field Description

Status Current replication status. One of the following:

Running Scheduled replication operations are occurring normally.

Not Running Scheduled replication operations are not occurring normally.

Not Running, Suspended Scheduled replication operations are not occurring normally, and replication operations will not occur until replication resumes on this Avamar server.

Running, Suspended Replication operations were suspended while a replication job was running. When operations are resumed, this job will also resume from where it left off.

Suspended Indicates whether scheduled replication operations have been started (No) or stopped (Yes).

Configuration File Location of the repl_cron.cfg configuration file, which stores replication settings for this Avamar system.

Enabled Indicates whether scheduled replication is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No) on this source Avamar server.

Last Completed Elapsed time since last replication operation completed.

Last Status Status of last completed replication operation. One of the following:

None Status for last replication operation is not available.

Success Last replication operation successfully completed.

Failed One or more errors were encountered during the last replication operation.

Note: In addition to viewing overall replication job status, you can view replication status on a client-by-client basis in the Activity window. Monitoring backup, restore, and validation activities provides details.

4. [ ] Complete the settings as described in the following table.

SETTING Description

Destination Destination Avamar server hostname (as defined in corporate DNS).

Destination Directory:

/REPLICATE Destination directory on the destination Avamar server. The default location is /REPLICATE/SOURCE, where SOURCE is the source Avamar server hostname that you selected in the systems list.

You can edit the destination. However, the destination must always exist under the /REPLICATE domain.

Destination User Id Avamar administrative user account ID (repluser) that is used to log in to the destination Avamar server.

Destination User Password The password for the Avamar administrative user account ID (repluser).

Note: If

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