Who should attend
This course is intended for employees, partners, and customers responsible for Avamar application integration and performance management.
Prerequisites
To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of
- EMC Avamar concepts and administration
- Network administration in a TCP/IP environment
- Unix/Linux system administration
A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe Avamar client, initialization, and security best practices
- Install, configure, and run backups and restores of supported database applications, NDMP appliances, and virtual environments
- Install, configure, and run backups and restores in environments integrated with NetWorker and Data Domain
- Describe recommended practices for Avamar performance management including sizing client caches and recovering from server capacity issues
Course Content
This course provides participants with the knowledge necessary to expand their Avamar integration and performance management skills. The course explores performance management procedures and best practices. Hands-on experience in integrating Avamar with various applications, EMC NetWorker, and Data Domain is provided through a lab environment.
The content of this course is designed to support the course objectives.
Configuring Avamar Server and Clients
- Configuring the Client Backup Environment
- Setting Up External Authentication
- Avamar Data Security
Performance Management
- Performance Rates and Factors
- Client Performance
- Tuning File and Hash Caches
- Network Bandwidth Considerations and Tuning
- Managing Avamar Server Capacity
Avamar Integration with NetWorker
- NetWorker Integration Overview
- Installation and Configuration
- Backup, Restore, and Replication
Avamar Integration with Data Domain
- Data Domain Integration Overview
- Configuration and Troubleshooting
Avamar Integration with Microsoft Applications
- Microsoft Exchange VSS
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft SharePoint VSS
- Microsoft Windows Clusters
Avamar Integration with Databases
- Avamar Oracle Client
- Avamar DB2 Client
Avamar Integration with NDMP
Virtual Environments
- Avamar Virtual Edition
- Guest Level Virtual Machine Backup
- VMware Image Backups and Restore
- VMware Image Configuration
- Microsoft Hyper-V Backups
Avamar Tape-out Solutions
- Avamar Extended Retention
- Avamar Data Transport
- Avamar Tape-out