User guide

New features and changes
EMC Avamar 7.0 Release Notes 5
Data Domain system support
Avamar 7.0 supports version 5.3 of the Data Domain Operating System (DD OS).
This release also adds support for storing backups of the following data on a Data Domain
system:
◆ Windows System State data (added in Avamar release 7.0 Service Pack 1)
◆ Windows Clustering backups (added in Avamar release 7.0 Service Pack 1)
◆ File system data
◆ NDMP Accelerator data
◆ Lotus Domino data
◆ Remote Blob Storage (RBS) in a Microsoft SharePoint environment
◆ Microsoft Exchange logs
Note: The Avamar NDMP Accelerator does not support storing backups of EMC Isilon NAS
devices on a Data Domain system.
The
EMC Avamar Compatibility and Interoperability Matrix on EMC Online Support at
https://support.EMC.com provides information about specific platform and operating
system support.
Metadata capacity for backups stored on Data Domain systems
The EMC Avamar Metadata Capacity Reporting and Monitoring Release 7.0 Technical Note
provides more information about metadata capacity for backups stored on Data Domain
systems. This technical note is available from EMC online support
(https://support.emc.com).
Instant access of virtual machine backups
You can now restore an entire virtual machine from backups stored on a Data Domain
system. This type of restore is called
instant access . You can boot the restored virtual
machine directly from the Data Domain system. This reduces the amount of time required
to restore an entire virtual machine.
Single-node server checkpoint backups
Avamar now includes the ability to enable checkpoint backups of single-node Avamar
servers to a Data Domain system.
Upgrade information
The EMC Avamar and EMC Data Domain System Integration Guide provides information on
how to upgrade from an earlier Avamar release when you store backups on a Data Domain
system.
Avamar Virtual Edition
Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) is used to deploy Avamar on VMware virtual machines. AVE
7.0 supports virtual disks with 4 TB of storage capacity.