Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Other Operations

The following procedure describes the steps involved in external (SFTP) server password update:

1. From a Avamar command line, type the following two commands:

   cd /usr/local/avamar/bin

   ./avamar-vcf-component-protection.sh

2. Enter credentials for Avamar server.
3. Enter the IP address or fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the SDDC Manager server, and then enter credentials for the SDDC Manager server.
4. From the backup-script main menu, enter 3.
5. Update SFTP server password in SDDC/NSX-T Manager backup configuration:
   To update external SFTP server password in SDDC/NSX-T Manager backup configuration, select 1.
   1. Next provide the SFTP server password for a given username.
   2. Then confirm the SFTP server fingerprint discovered by the script or enter one manually.
   The script issues a password update request to SDDC Manager and monitor the results.
6. Update external server password in vCenter Servers backup configuration:
   To update external server password in vCenter servers backup configuration, select 2.
   1. Confirm if common credentials should be used for all the vCenter servers:
      • Enter y to provide common credentials for all vCenter servers.
      • Enter n to be prompted for the credentials for each individual server.
   2. Confirm if the backups should be encrypted. If they should be encrypted, enter an encryption password.
      If you enter an encryption password, it must be between 8 and 20 characters in length and contain at least one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, one number, and one special character.
   3. Next provide the external server password for a given username.
      NOTE:This step needs to be repeated if separate external servers are used for vCenter servers.