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Dell Avamar: Recommended Baseline Checks

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Oz Gabriely
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[ Applies to ] StorageGuard   /   Dell Avamar   /   Data Protection (Backup)

This article lists the recommended baseline checks for Dell Avamar. Core6 updates the list periodically as new StorageGuard checks become available.

Overview

Dell Avamar is a deduplication backup and recovery solution that reduces storage and network requirements while providing centralized management across diverse workloads.

Why hardening Dell Avamar matters

Unauthorized access to Avamar can compromise the backup copies you depend on for recovery. Access controls, encryption, secure defaults and monitoring protect backup data and keep recovery operations reliable.

Recommended baseline checks

The baseline below contains 23 checks, listed alphabetically.

ID Configuration check
SG-C0435T055V01 Approved LDAP servers
SG-C0029T055V01 Centralized log server
SG-C0077T055V01 Client data encryption
SG-C0078T055V01 Client group data encryption
SG-F5580T055V01 Default password (Avamar Administrator)
SG-F2814T055V01 Default password (Avamar Proxy Host OS)
SG-F1095T055V01 Default Password (Host OS)
SG-C0600T055V01 End of support
SG-C0600T055V02 Future end of support
SG-C0039T055V01 LDAP server configuration
SG-C0025T055V01 LDAP server redundancy
SG-C0426T055V01 Login banner status
SG-C0392T055V01 Minimum account lockout duration
SG-C0239T055V01 Multi-factor authentication
SG-C0231T055V01 Non-default local users
SG-C0171T055V01 NTP server configuration
SG-C0432T055V01 NTP server redundancy
SG-C0091T055V01 Replication link encryption
SG-C0439T055V01 Required LDAP servers
SG-C0395T055V01 SMTP server configuration
SG-C0123T055V01 SNMP versions enabled
SG-C0116T055V01 Unapproved admin users
SG-C0260T055V01 Weak cipher suites

A complete baseline also covers the components that manage, connect to or protect Dell Avamar. Review the configuration of:

  • Avamar proxies and clients
  • PowerProtect DD targets
  • Avamar Administrator

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Want automated validation? StorageGuard continuously scans Dell Avamar against a baseline and reports misconfigurations, with remediation guidance. Contact us to see it in your environment, or learn more about StorageGuard.

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