Dell EMC Avamar for Windows Servers 19.7 User Guide

Considerations for HP ProLiant Systems

You cannot use an Avamar BMR backup of an HP ProLiant system for recovery when the system is configured with the HP Intelligent Provisioning Tool (IPT). Configure the tool to use an entire disk for a critical volume, such as the system partition (drive).

Do not use the entire disk for critical volumes when using IPT version 1.4 or 1.5 to configure an HP blade system.

This issue applies to BMR backups and recovery for various versions of Windows. For detailed information about BMR on Windows, see the E-LAB Navigator at https://elabnavigator.dell.com/eln/elnhome.

HP Support advisory ID c03927759, which is available on the HP Support website, addresses IPT, using a full disk for the system partition, and Windows Bare Metal Restore with Windows Server Backup. The advisory also applies to Avamar BMR of critical volumes. Follow the resolution steps that are described in the HP advisory, which are simple and do not require reconfiguration of existing systems except to shrink logical volumes. After you complete the steps, you can use Avamar and the Windows VSS plug-in to perform System State backups.