User guide

70 EMC Avamar 7.0 Release Notes
Installation
Installing and upgrading other Avamar components
The following table provides the location for installation and upgrade procedures for
additional Avamar components.
Upgrade requirements for Avamar 7.0 and Avamar 7.0 Service Pack 1
Review the requirements in the following topics before you upgrade to Avamar 7.0.
Upgrading from Avamar 7.0 DA to later versions of Avamar 7.0
If you are upgrading from Avamar release 7.0 DA (7.0.100-396) to a later version of
Avamar 7.0 (including service packs) and are performing backups to an Avamar Data
Store, you must perform an L0 backup after upgrading.
For customers backing up to Data Domain rather than Avamar Data Store, this is not an
issue because the paging cache is enabled by default.
Avamar release 5.x and earlier clients no longer supported
Before you upgrade the Avamar server from release 6.x to 7.0.x, ensure that Avamar
clients in the configuration run release 6.0.x, 6.1.x, or 7.0. An Avamar 7.0.x server does
not support Avamar clients that run release 5.x or earlier. When you store client backups
on a Data Domain system, you must upgrade Avamar clients that run release 5.x or 6.0.x
to release 6.1.x or later.
Avamar Data Store Gen1 and Gen2 hardware no longer supported
Avamar software running on Avamar Data Store Gen1, Avamar Data Store Gen2, or any
customer provided Dell hardware is not supported with Avamar release 7.0. The minimum
hardware requirement that support Avamar release 7.0 will be Avamar Data Store Gen3.
Upgrade requirements in a VMware environment
The following sections describe upgrade requirements in a VMware environment:
Upgrading Avamar version 6.0 proxies
You cannot upgrade Avamar version 6.0 proxies to version 6.1 or later for the Avamar
Plug-in for VMware. To use version 6.1 or later functionality, deploy 6.1 or later proxies.
In addition, the Avamar role requires additional privileges for release 6.1 Service Pack 1
or later VMware image proxies. If you continue to use release 6.1 proxies, rather than 6.1
Service Pack 1 or later proxies, the additional privileges are not required.
Table 31 Installation and upgrade of other Avamar components
Component Location for installation and upgrade procedures
Avamar Administrator
EMC Avamar Administration Guide
Avamar Management Console
Command Line Interface (MCCLI)
EMC Avamar Management Console Command Line Interface
(MCCLI) Programmer Guide