Tuesday 19 May 2015

Avamar VMware stuck snapshots

  1. Log in as admin to the utility node
  2.  Disable the firewall
    • /usr/local/avamar/lib/admin/security/avfirewall stop
  3. Download proxycp.jar

Using proxycp.jar

To see a list of commands, run the following from the Avamar Utility Node:            
java -jar proxycp.jar


To view VM’s with hidden Snapshot Files, run this command:
java -jar proxycp.jar –listsnapshots 2>/dev/null | grep Snapshot

To remove original disk from the proxy that they were still mounted to, use this command.
java -jar proxycp.jar –listproxydisk –cleanup

Next clean up Avamar only snapshots with this command if any are present
java -jar proxycp.jar –listsnapshots –cleanup

Using the above list you may proceed using the command below to attempt to consolidate the vm’s that are failing.  Warning, proceed with caution.
java -jar proxycp.jar –consolidatesnapshots –vm REPLACEWITHVMNAME



** Thank you Hugh Griffin for the above content. I'm only duplicating content in case EMC decide it is too dangerous for our frail little hands. **