generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/avamar-server/avamar_cli_guide_19.12/preface
additional_sources:
- https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/avamar-server/avamar_mccli_guide_19.10/preface
- https://backups.usg.edu/19.10/Avamar_19.10_Administration_Guide.pdf
note: >-
  Avamar ships a first-party command-line surface, but it is not a downloadable developer CLI from a
  public package registry — the binaries install with the Avamar server, the Avamar client, or the
  separately installable MCCLI Java client. Command groups below were verified in Dell's published
  Administration Guide and MCCLI/CLI Guides; the full command reference lives in those guides.
clis:
- name: mccli
  title: Avamar Management Console Command Line Interface
  official: true
  kind: java-client
  description: >-
    The primary administrative CLI. A Java client application that drives the Avamar Management
    Console server — the same management surface the Avamar Web UI (AUI) uses — for scripted
    administration of clients, backups, checkpoints, policies and Data Domain targets.
  docs:
    current: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/avamar-server/avamar_cli_guide_19.12/preface
    v19_10: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/avamar-server/avamar_mccli_guide_19.10/preface
    command_reference: https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/avamar-server/avamar_mccli_guide_19.10/command-reference
  install:
    method: bundled installer
    detail: >-
      Installed and configured from the Avamar MCCLI Java client software package; can be installed on
      a Linux client alongside the AvamarConsole software.
  invocation: mccli <resource> <action> [--argument=value ...]
  documented_topics:
  - command reference
  - general programming notes
  - data types
  - default values
  - optional and required arguments
  - pattern matching
  - output description
  - command line syntax
  command_groups:
  - group: backup
    verified_commands:
    - mccli backup restore
    - mccli backup validate
    - mccli backup edit
    - mccli backup delete
  - group: checkpoint
    verified_commands:
    - mccli checkpoint create
    - mccli checkpoint show
    - mccli checkpoint validate
  - group: client
    verified_commands:
    - mccli client edit
  - group: dd
    description: Data Domain / PowerProtect DD target management.
    verified_commands:
    - mccli dd show-prop
  - group: profile
    description: Notification and SNMP profile management.
    verified_commands:
    - mccli profile show-snmp-contact
    - mccli profile update-snmp-contact
  command_groups_note: >-
    Only command groups observed verbatim in the Avamar 19.10 Administration Guide are listed. The
    MCCLI/CLI Guide carries the complete resource and action matrix.
- name: avtar
  title: Avamar backup/restore client command
  official: true
  kind: client-binary
  description: >-
    The Avamar client-side backup and restore engine, invoked directly for scripted backups and
    restores and configured through bracketed options (for example "[avtar]repl-metadata-only",
    "[avtar]throttle").
  install:
    method: bundled with the Avamar client
- name: avmaint
  title: Avamar server maintenance command
  official: true
  kind: server-binary
  description: Low-level Avamar server maintenance and configuration operations.
  install:
    method: bundled with the Avamar server
- name: dpnctl
  title: Avamar service control command
  official: true
  kind: server-binary
  description: Starts, stops and reports status for Avamar server services.
  install:
    method: bundled with the Avamar server
- name: avinstaller
  title: Avamar installation manager
  official: true
  kind: server-binary
  description: Drives Avamar package installation and upgrade work orders.
  install:
    method: bundled with the Avamar server
- name: avmgr
  title: Avamar server management command
  official: true
  kind: server-binary
  description: Direct Avamar server management operations.
  install:
    method: bundled with the Avamar server
key_flows:
- flow: Create and validate a checkpoint before maintenance
  commands:
  - mccli checkpoint create --override_maintenance_scheduler=true
  - mccli checkpoint show
  - mccli checkpoint validate
- flow: Restore from a backup
  commands:
  - mccli backup restore
- flow: Adjust a client's timeout
  commands:
  - mccli client edit --name=<full path of client in domain hierarchy> --timeout=<new value>