Dell EMC Avamar for VMware 19.7 User Guide

Proxies

Image backups and restores require deployment of proxy virtual machines within the vCenter.

Proxies run Avamar software inside a Linux virtual machine, and are deployed using an appliance template (.ova) file or the Proxy Deployment Manager.

Once deployed, each proxy provides these capabilities:

• Backup of Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines (entire images or specific drives)
• Restore of Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines (entire images or specific drives)
• Selective restore of individual folders and files to Microsoft Windows and Linux virtual machines

Each proxy can perform eight simultaneous backup or restore operations, in any combination.

Proxies are allowed in any part of the Avamar Administrator account management tree except the vCenter Server domain or subdomains. Additionally, you should not activate proxies into the root domain (/). Otherwise, this action causes problems during system migration.

Although it is possible to restore across datacenters (use a proxy that is deployed in one data center to restore files to a virtual machine in another data center), restores take noticeably longer than if the proxy and the target virtual machine are in the same data center. For best performance, use the Proxy Deployment Manager which recommends the ideal deployment configuration.

Default proxy virtual machine specifications

The following figure outlines the default requirements for the proxy virtual machine.

NOTE:The IP address that is assigned to the network adapter belongs to the guest network.