How to use the automated shutdown or reboot feature on Avamar 7.5.1+

This video demonstrates how the Avamar automated reboot feature works from the Administrator GUI and CLI.

Welcome to the Dell Technologies Avamar How to Series.

Automated Shutdown or Reboot Feature for Avamar 7.5.1 or above. Reference Dell Knowledge Base Article # 58451 This video was created to demonstrate how the Avamar automated reboot feature works from both the Administrator GUI and CLI.

This video presents the following: The process from the Administrator GUI (run as MCUser or equivalent). The process from the CLI (run as user admin then elevated to root privilege).

You also have the ability to shut down without rebooting, if required. Note: KB 58481 has full details. When to do this: During scheduled outages and emergency shutdowns.

Before you begin: Requirements: Have Administrator (or equivalent) credentials for the GUI, or both the admin and root passwords for Putty. Have the IP or FQDN of the Avamar grid.

Tools required: Putty or Administrator GUI. Notes: Any running backup or replication jobs will be canceled. Any garbage collection or hfscheck maintenance tasks will be canceled.

If there has not been a recent checkpoint, one will be taken during this process. If hardware errors are detected, the grid will not boot, and a Service Request will need to be logged.

The Reboot via GUI demonstration. Log in as MCUser or equivalent. Select "Server". Server Management. Actions. From the pull-down menu, select "Reboot DPN Grid". Click "Yes" to confirm.

The reboot process will begin. Click "OK" to the status box, stating, "The operation has been triggered successfully". The administrator console will report a disconnect after the MCS service has been shut down.

The Reboot Via CLI Demonstration. Log in as user admin. Switch to the root user and enter the password. Run the "avosshutdown" script with the required option.

In this instance, we are choosing to reboot. Optionally, you can choose to do a precheck or shutdown. The services will begin to shut down. A checkpoint will be taken, if required.

If no issues are encountered during the shutdown of the services, the nodes will reboot, and your Putty session will be disconnected.

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