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Dell EMC Avamar for Windows Servers 19.7 User Guide

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Configuring the proxy cluster client on Windows Server 2019, 2016, or 2012 for SOFS or SMB clusters

About this task

The Avamar cluster client enables you to back up and restore Windows data on shared storage in a cluster, regardless of which node is managing the data at the time of the backup or restore. The Cluster Configuration Tool walks you through the steps to configure the Avamar cluster client for the Windows client.

Steps

  1. Log in to the proxy node as a domain administrator. The account must also be a member of the local Administrators group on each cluster node.
  2. Open the Cluster Configuration Tool:
    • On a full Windows Server 2019, 2016, or 2012 installation, from the Windows Desktop open the Avamar Windows Cluster Configuration Tool.

    • On a Windows Server 2019, 2016, or 2012 Server Core installation, open a command prompt on the proxy node, and then type the following command:

      C:\Program Files\avs\bin\av_cluster_config_wizard.exe

      where C:\Program Files\avs\bin\ is the Avamar client installation path.

    The Welcome page appears.
  3. Click Next.
    The Plug-Ins page appears.
  4. Select Windows Proxy Cluster, and click Next.
    The Operations page appears.
  5. Select Configure a new proxy cluster client for the proxy node, and click Next.
    The Prerequisites page appears. A check mark next to a prerequisite indicates that the environment meets the prerequisite.
  6. Ensure that the environment meets all prerequisites on the Prerequisites page.
    If the environment does not meet a prerequisite, then exit the wizard, resolve the issue, and restart the wizard.
  7. Select the IP version that the environment uses, and then click Next.
    The Summary page appears.
  8. Review the settings that you specified in the wizard, and click Configure.
    A dialog box prompts you for credentials.
  9. Type the username and password for the service account for the Avamar Plug-in Service for Windows, which is the plug-in service that the proxy cluster client uses for backup and restore.
    The account must be a domain administrator or an account that can perform WMI queries and copy files to the shared cluster storage during a restore. The account must also have access privileges for all file servers and file shares that you back up.
  10. Click OK.
    The Progress page provides the status of the configuration. When the configuration is complete, the Results page appears.
  11. Click Close.

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