Overview
Live Optics allows you, your Dell technologists, or Dell partner consultants to understand vital information about your Avamar environment. Live Optics provides you with a simple process to gather, parse and, ultimately, present your data in a clear and understandable way, so informed decisions can be made about your backup infrastructure.
This document provides instructions on how to create the Avamar SQL.GZ file for upload.
Pre-Requisites
In order to follow the instructions below, the End User collecting the Avamar SQL.GZ file must have Avamar administrative access.
Quick-Start Instructions
- Login to Avamar using SSH
- Navigate to the directory where the SQL.GZ file will be saved
- Issue command to GZIP Avamar SQL files
- Verify the file was created successfully
- Send SQL.GZ file to Dell EMC sales rep or Dell EMC Partner for processing.
Detailed Instructions
- Connect and log in to the Avamar server via SSH
- Go to the directory where {Avamar DB file}.SQL.GZ file will be saved
- Create the {Avamar DB file}.SQL.GZ file by issuing the following command:
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gzip /usr/local/avamar/var/mc/server_data/mcs_data_dump.sql -c > /tmp/mcs_$HOSTNAME.sql.gz
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- Verify the file was saved
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ls -la
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- Upload the file using the Live Optics collector (select Data Protection and then Avamar).