Unanswered questions

Hello,I’ve been spending quite some time attempting to obtain any form of Trial for Commvault software but no luck.I’ve recently joined new company which is using Commvault as main backup solution and am expected to learn it. Since my homelab has vcenter and hyper-v cluster me as a silly goose thought obtaining a trial licence to learn by doing would be trivial.I’ve attempted to register and request trial quite a few times now and have gotten no response for several days - so I’m wondering what am I doing wrong?Attempted all options AI Chatbot gave me, even got provided link by Support Agent who said something along lines - its been received and will be contacted very soon.

Hi,Do you have any roadmap information for Power Apps and Power Automate, including a tentative release date? Also, if I am already backing up Power BI, what would be the technical and licensing implications of adding them (Power Apps and Power Automate) to the backup? Regards,Loreana

Good morning everyone, I wanted to ask whether CBT technology is used when backing up a VM on HPE Morpheus HVM to perform incremental backups, or whether each backup is effectively a full backup. Thank you.

Hi All, we need to use vsa snapshots with vTPM aktive. Support told us that from SP42 and later its supported.Our pain actually is that we need to change from Elemnts to central. If you create an new pseude client the question comes up directly  But what is with old clients. Is there any migration path maybe via workflow ? We have a lot of pseudocleints wich are using the Prism Element with a lot of subclients.  Now we have to create a lot of new clients in the background with alot of new firewall rules etc. maybe you have an idear ?  What happend when wie change the IP adress in the pseudoclient object ?

Hi All, i´m looking for an simple report wich shows me the used tapes ( Barcode ) per storage policy.  I tried the Tapes used Report:→ not good because i see a lot of duplicate barcodes for ech backup. I Only need the infoiramtion storage polcy ABC → 10 Tapes with barcodes nothing less and nothing moreJava gui storage information→ to much informations. also the summary did not show used tapes. here is the only option to generate x reports for x storage policy so do you have an idear for an simple report ( show used tapes per storage policy :) )

Hi All, i would like to ask regarding Nutanix AHV quiesce Problems.  did we need extra firewall ports from the vm guest tools outside. So the vsa proxy need TCP Port 9440  to running backups. For quiesce the guest tools is there any more firewall port needed ? 

Does something like a 'dynamic' or 'static' license really exist? I know there are several license types based on capacity or cores, but I have never heard of this specific type. If it does exist, how can I find out which type I currently have? Thanks."

I have a Commvault 11.44 installation, and I am being told that the license can be either dynamic or static. My license is capacity-based. I checked the CommCell and the Command Center in reports,  and looked for the license.xml file in /opt/commvault/Base/, but it does not exist. Could anyone please tell me how I can check what type of license it is? This information is vital because I want to change the VLAN and IP address; if it is dynamic, I won’t need a new license, but if it is static, I will need to purchase one.Thanks for the help!"

Hello all,Whenever i need to disable activity on a client there’s a need to approve this action.As a master user is there anything i can do to skip this approval? Kind regards,Joao

The customer is using Proxmox version 9.2.5 and CommCell version 11.36.120. They would like to deploy a Proxmox VE access node. However, the system requirements for version 11.36 specify only Proxmot VE version 8.x.I noticed that Proxmox VE support for version 9.x is not available until version 11.40.https://documentation.commvault.com/11.40/software/system_requirements_for_proxmox_ve_access_nodes.htmlhttps://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/software/system_requirements_for_proxmox_ve_access_nodes.htmlAt this time, the customer doesn’t want to upgrade the environment to version 11.40. Is it safe to install the VSA package for Proxmox access node? Will it work with the current version of the CommCell environment? Regards,Michael

After I restore an Exchange folder, and then export it, it doesn’t complete. When I look at the destination folder it shows a file that is the correct size but it is named “Unconfirmed xyz.crdownload”.

Hello guys, I want to get better at troubleshooting Linux clients, Oracle and PostgreSQL DBs. I know all of them from the administrative site from Commvault and can troubleshoot from there but I am completely lost when it gets deeper. For example I just learned about control files and spfiles from Oracle DBs. Both control file and spfile are needed for a successful restore of the DB, but as a pure Commvault admin I didnt know that.  What do you guys think what would be the best training to start with? I didnt find any DB trainings specially for backup admins but maybe you have something in mind. Thanks in advanceEddi

Hi Team,We are using the DAG database for Exchange backups. We are currently trying to restore PST files for some users from the DAG Full Backup.The Create Recovery Point job completed successfully. However, when we open the available recovery point from the List Recovery Points section, we are unable to browse and view the users/mailboxes for recovery.We have also verified the required prerequisites on the selected MediaAgent, including the Commvault Exchange package and Microsoft Outlook 2013 64-bit, which are installed on the MediaAgent.Additionally, we attempted the PST restore, but the restore job remains in Running state without any progress/update for more than 30 minutes. The logs indicate repeated messages related to the process not receiving network messages.We have attached the relevant screenshots and logs for your reference.Could you please review the issue and advise why the users/mailboxes are not appearing when browsing the recovery point and what steps are required to

HI ​@Suzanne Klausner, kindly advise… how we can purchase the Commvault Certified Professional Exam &  is this exam online proctored exam.   how we can complete the Commvault profession ceritifcate.   Thanks Pankaj 

Good day allI was trialling the V11.40 SDK today, but notice that the Commserve Role doesn’t appear to be part of the Media Kit yet. Has anyone else experienced this? I also notice that V11.40 is not yet available on the Store.

Dear Team,I apologize for the inconvenience, but I was wondering if you could assist me with the following question.On August 1, 2026, I completed the Commvault Cloud Professional course to obtain the certification. However, it appears that the certificate has not yet been issued. I noticed that my previous certificates were generated immediately, so I was wondering if this delay is normal.I would appreciate it if you could provide me with more information about the status of my certificate or let me know if any further action is required on my part.Thank you in advance for your assistance. I look forward to your response.Kind regards,

Is there a report that shows the compliance lock status of each copy in a storage policy ?

Current commserve version is 11.36.98 and using commcell console. if we upgrade to 11.44 are we still be able to use commcell console?

Using the bUseLatestVDDKVersionPath Additional Setting, I am looking to force the use of VDDK901 for the protection of multiple 8.0.3 environments.Given that VMware claims that VDDK is N-2 backwards compatible, I am interested to understand if anyone has faced any issues when forcing the use of a later VDDK version, and whether there are any caveats I should be aware of?

have the following warning and all of these are coming from deconfigured clients and we cant delete since we still need data  The following pseudo clients and their corresponding physical clients do not have the same software version: The following MediaAgents do not support upgrade with the current operating system installed. The following clients have webserver or webclient installed and need to be upgraded immediately after CS upgrade The following clients have deprecated agents or instances that cannot be upgraded to the new software version. 11.24 has been deprecated in the current version. Please upgrade 11.24 clients to the latest version before retrying CommServe upgrade again.

Hello, Teams,I am looking for someone who can share the offline documentation file for the 2022E (11.28) version. Since this version has reached end-of-life / support termination, it is currently difficult to access or review the related documentation. Additionally, all existing links for 2022E (11.28) are currently being redirected to version 11.46, making it hard to find the older references. If anyone happens to possess this legacy offlinedocs file and is willing to share it, I would greatly appreciate your help. Thank you in advance! 

I have a small CommCell with a CommServe on 11.32.115 running on a build of Windows Server that needs a refresh.I could stand up a new VM with the same IP and hostname and do a DR DB restore and I guess I’m back up and running quickly with a clean build?But I noticed Commvault now offer a Linux CommServe and a pre-configured OVA appliance so I’m wondering if this is something I should be looking at instead? The current environment doesn’t use “plans” it’s all traditional storage policies and copies and schedule policies to run jobs out of business hours.I don’t tend to use Command Center I tend to use the Java UI but I guess that’s out of habit.It’s a pretty small and simple environment with just a few Windows file agents and a NAS agent pulling some UNC paths in.What would people suggest please?

We will eventually upgrade everything to 11.36.114 but what needs this update in order to resolve these vulnerabilities?Is it just the CommServe/WebServer?The Resolution does not state what needs to be updated.“ResolutionSoftware customers upgrade to resolved maintenance release.”https://documentation.commvault.com/upcoming-security-advisories/?id=CV_2026_07_5 https://documentation.commvault.com/upcoming-security-advisories/?id=CV_2026_07_8 https://documentation.commvault.com/upcoming-security-advisories/?id=CV_2026_07_9  Thanks

I am currently questioning our AuxCopy to tape performance and want to get some input on how to identify the bottleneck.We have multiple plans which all have two copies to tape. One is synchronous and one is selective.Each of the two is consolidated onto another Global Secondary Copy Policy.The storage target are six LTO9 drives with a mixed LTO8 and LTO9 media inventory.The source for the copy is a NetApp StorageGRID S3 backed storage pool with deduplication connected on a 100G fiber network.We have two Media Agents which are both connected to all LTO drives and the NetApp (same VLAN).Looking at the reported speed of the drives in Commvault I get around 130MB/s all of the time.I could confirm this looking at SFP speeds on the FC switch which also stay around this value with rare peaks to around 200MB/s.What I tested already to look for the bottleneck:- only run one AuxCopy Job- run AuxCopy when no other jobs where running- validate drive > 300MB/s throughput with LTO8 media- differ

With FR40 there is a SQL upgrade that will happen for the CSDB; it will go from SQL2019 to SQL2022.i was told that sql installer will be included on the commvault package? can i download this via commcell console? i dont see any option where it would include sql package? TIA