User guide

4 EMC Avamar 7.0 Release Notes
New features and changes
Avamar server
The following topics list the new features and changes for the Avamar server in release
7.0.
IPv6 networking
Avamar 7.0 supports Avamar server and client components in both IPv6 networks and
IPv4 networks.
Note: Avamar support for IPv6 is not available for the HP-UX PA-RISC platform.
Elimination of the blackout window
The Avamar server now supports backups during the garbage collection (GC) operation. In
earlier releases, backups could not occur during GC, which ran during a blackout window
between the backup and maintenance windows.
GC now takes place at the beginning of the maintenance window. Backups are allowed
during the maintenance window.
Backup performance is typically slower during the maintenance window, particularly
during GC.
Launcher dashboard
Avamar now provides an enhanced dashboard screen, which provides a quick
"at-a-glance" view of important system statistics, and the ability to launch various feature
windows.
Internal document store
User documentation is available from the Documentation and Downloads page.
Policy-based replication
Avamar 7.0 replaces the previous cron-based replication mechanism with a new
policy-based mechanism. This feature provides more granular control of replication
parameters, such as which clients to include in each job, the number of client backups to
replicate, and scheduling.
Increased client storage node connections
The default number of client storage node connections has increased from 30 to 80.
Avamar Extended Retention
Avamar Extended Retention 7.0 supports Avamar 7.0. When you use Avamar Extended
Retention 7.0, the Media Access node and all Avamar servers with backups to export to
tape must use version 7.0.