EMC Avamar Integration and Performance Management (MR-1CN-AVAM641)

This course is intended for employees, partners, and customers responsible for Avamar application integration and performance management.

To understand the content and successfully complete this course, a student must have a suitable knowledgebase/skill set. The student must have an understanding of

• EMC Avamar concepts and administration
• Network administration in a TCP/IP environment
• Unix/Linux system administration

A list of specific prerequisite courses can be found in EMC Education Services Learning Management System.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Describe Avamar server and client software installation considerations and best practices
• Install, configure and run on-demand backups and restores of supported Avamar applications
• Install, configure and run on-demand backups and restores using the Avamar NDMP Accelerator
• Install, configure and run on-demand NetWorker deduplication backups and restores
• Describe recommended practices for Avamar performance management including sizing client caches and recovering from server capacity issues
• Install and configure Avamar Virtual Edition software
• Use Avamar root-to-root replication to migrate an Avamar single-node server

This course provides participants with the knowledge necessary to expand their Avamar installation and performance management skills. The course explores installation and performance management procedures and best practices. Hands-on experience in integrating Avamar with various database applications and with EMC NetWorker is provided through a lab environment.

Modules

These modules are designed to support the course objectives. The following modules are included in this course:

• Avamar Software Installation
• Configuring Avamar Server and Clients
• Avamar Integration with Databases and NDMP
• Performance Management
• Avamar Virtual Environments
• Root-to-Root Replication and Clustered Environments

Labs

Labs reinforce the information you have been taught. The labs for this course include:

• Implement Enterprise Authentication using LDAP
• Install and Use the Avamar Exchange Client
• Backup and Restore an Oracle Database with Avamar
• Integrating Avamar and NetWorker
• Installing and Using an Avamar NDMP Accelerator
• Avamar Virtual Edition Installation and Configuration
• Securely Deleting a Backup
• Migrate an Avamar Server using Root-to-Root Replication

Assessments

Assessments validate that you have learned the knowledge or skills presented during a learning experience. This course includes a post-course assessment.