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How can Commvault be configured to write backups to tape media? (Note: I have already added the tape and can see the drives and media; I have two drives and three tapes, as well as two backup plans. However, while one plan always succeeds, the second consistently results in errors [32:690] and [32:193].) 

Hi guys,I’m currently evaluating / planning the migration from a Windows CommServe to a Linux CommServe.We are using a Fujitsu ETERNUS CS8000 virtual tape library with VJUK (generic SCSI library) emulation as Tape backend.The Workflow (Prefetch Tapes for Restore) provided by Commvault to prefetch media, that have been migrated from cache, is no longer working on Linux CommServe.The Command ManualPrefetchTapes.exe, that is called by the workflow on Windows, cannot be found in the Linux distribution.Can someone tell me where to get it ?Or is there a newer version of the prefetch workflow available, that does no longer use the external command to initiate the prefetch ?Currently running on V11.40.59BRKlaus

Hello,I have an issue with displaying some informations in command center.Some data like Commserve Name, Version oraz data about top 5 largest servers on dashboard displays xxxx instead of the real values.Do you guys have an idea what can be wrong here?Temporarly I have two commserve’s in live sync - old one on Windows and new one on Linux. The issue is present only when active commserve is a linux one (new one). I planned to reinstall this windows also and make both commserve’s on linux, but i’m not sure if this is a good idea doing it and having this issue.Thanks in advance for help.Regards,Mateusz

So I started the Commvault Cloud Practitioner learning plan, and now I am on ‘Security and Compliance’ module.I don’t know if it’s related, but my issue did begin after I tried to watch the course on my mobile phone. I completed the ‘Securing Access: Control, Verification and Approval’ and ‘Protecting your data: Encryption, WORM and Audit Trail’, but their status remains ‘In Progress’. What can I do to resolve this?

how make the commvault write backup on tape media (note: actually i added the tape and i can see the drives and tape media and i have 2 drives and 3 tape media and i have 2 plans but one plan only that always is success job and the plan number 2 give me error [32:690] , [32:193] ) 

Hi there!In the retention settings for laptop plans you can set how long deleted items are kept, but what if there is a specific file that needs to be removed from the backups completely, so the retention rule doesn't apply to it at all?The use case could be a GDPR "right to be forgotten" request - the file is deleted from the laptop, but it also has to disappear from the backups.I found references to Erase Data by Browsing, but the documentation I came across is old and describes the CommCell Console. Is this available for laptop clients/plans, and where would I find it in Command Center? Does it need a separate license?Cheers!

I have a few questions regarding the documentation for testing IOPS for both the DDB disk (https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/commcell-console/testing_iops_of_deduplication_database_disk_on_windows.html) and the Disk Library (https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/commcell-console/testing_iops_for_disk_library_mount_path_with_iometer.html)The documentation states to run the IOMeter test “on the complete raw disk”, and “IOMeter allows allows physical disks to be selected only when there are no volumes on the disk”. Does this mean that the disk should not be formatted before running the IOMeter test? For the Disk Library, I am mounting a LUN from a SAN to the MediaAgent that is about 48 TB. What is the best way to test IOPS for this? I am guessing I will need to set the Maximum Disk Size, otherwise creating that huge iobw.tst file would take ages. Is the CVDiskPerf tool the preferred method testing Disk Library (like the above)? https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/commcel

Hi AllI’m planning to migrate my commserve virtual machine to another new. More resources and a newer windows OS, using same name and ip address.I’m reading about the guidelines to follow in this documents.CommServe Hardware Refresh: Preparing the Old CommServe Computer for ShutdownInstalling the CommServe Server in a Windows Environment Not my first time, but the last was years ago… and the procedure always change a little.Commvault software version now is 11.24.144 and I downloaded 11.44 package setup My main question is whether I can make this version jump directly or if I need to install an intermediate version first.And the other question is if i can apply the license file i already use Thanks

Hi everyone,We are currently facing a Commvault backup issue on Nutanix AHV.The initial problem was related to HotAdd / SCSI device detection on the Commvault Access Node. To fix that first issue, we had to add the following additional setting on the Access Node:VirtualServer\bEnableSCSIWLunDeviceCleaner = TrueAfter enabling EnableSCSIWLunDeviceCleaner, the initial HotAdd issue was resolved.The logs now confirm that the disk is correctly attached and opened:Disk [SCSI.0] is attached at [/dev/sdb]Opened [/dev/sdb] successfullyHowever, we are now facing a different issue when Commvault calls the Nutanix Data Protection APIs.The compute-changed-regions call returns:HTTP 401Invalid cookies present in the requestCommvault then reports:JWT Token has likely expired. Trying Discover cluster againDuring the new cluster discovery attempt, Nutanix returns:HTTP 429Failed to perform the operation as rate limit set by the API has been exceededPLAT-10003 - RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDEDThen compute-changed-regi

Hi everyone,I’m looking for a tool or report that can perform a more comprehensive assessment of an existing CommCell environment.I’m already familiar with the Health Report, Security Assessment and Configuration Reports, but I’m looking for something more comprehensive that can assess the overall configuration and best practices of the environment in one place.For example, I’d like to assess things such as encryption configuration, Live Sync, security settings, storage and deduplication configuration, DR readiness, backup configuration, potential configuration issues, etc., and ideally get recommendations or findings for areas that should be reviewed or improved.Is there any Commvault tool, report, workflow or Store application that provides this kind of comprehensive CommCell assessment?Something similar in concept to VMware’s Health Analyzer would be exactly what I’m looking for. Any recommendations would be appreciated!Best regards,Nikos

Hi Commvault experts, we are setting up laptop (desktop/endpoint) backup for a customer. Users should be able to restore their own files, so I'm leaving the plan name out of the package to get the automatic owner assignment - is it right? Firstly, which way do you actually use to build the package - the Package Creator on Cloud Services website, or a custom package from the installation media? Package Creator wants an account and internet access and not every customer has that, so I'd rather do it locally, but I don't know if that's what people normally do. Secondly, in the Custom Package Options the laptop stuff (Launch Edge Monitor, Perform Registration using Authcode) only shows up if I tick "Create a de-coupled installation package". But the docs say de-coupled means the client doesn't register during install and has to be registered later, which sounds like the opposite of what I want. So is ticking de-coupled actually the correct way to build a laptop package using installation i

We have a large MongoDB Production sharded cluster of approximately 70–80 TB, consisting of around 120 nodes running Rocky Linux 8.10. Could you please check  and confirm whether Commvault supports backup and recovery for a MongoDB cluster of this scale? We would also appreciate any information on known scalability limitations or recommended sizing guidelines.Also , whether normal Mongo Snap Backup or Percona would be useful in this case ? 

Hi All, we see every day an user login try from an old and deleted account. The login try is reported ans an information in the eventlog.  Are tehere any options to get more informations about this login try ? 

Hello,We are planning an operating system upgrade for a physical Commvault All-in-One server and would like to hear from anyone who has completed a similar upgrade.Current configuration:Physical Cisco UCS C240 M5 server Windows Server 2016 Standard Commvault 11.40.67 Non-clustered CommServe The same server hosts the CommServe, MediaAgent, Web Server/Command Center and Workflow Engine components Local DDBs and disk-library mount paths are also hosted on this server The customer does not want to split the CommServe and MediaAgent roles or migrate them to new hardwareThe planned target is an in-place upgrade directly from Windows Server 2016 to Windows Server 2025.Microsoft supports the direct upgrade path for a non-clustered server, and Commvault 11.40 supports Windows Server 2025. However, the exact procedure for an All-in-One server is not fully clear, especially because the same machine hosts both the CommServe and MediaAgent roles.I would appreciate feedback on the following:Has anyo

Hi,we have 2 Problems:we are on Commvault 11.40.69. Proxmox 9.2.111)With https://lore.proxmox.com/all/6e3ffc1e-ccfc-4ec6-93f7-03bef79c8b78@proxmox.com/T/Proxmox needs Qemu Version 10 to support the Snapshot as Volume Chain.Is there a plan to support Qemu Version 10 ? With a Maintenance Release ? 2)A Restore of a Vmware VM to Proxmox work, but the Network Config is not converted.469908 72ba6 09/08 10:41:39 4661781 ProxmoxSDKWrapper::CProxmoxConnection::LogError() - Error: [] [400]. POST [https://du1devpve02.tq-net.de:8006/api2/json/nodes/du1devpve01/qemu/100/config]469908 72ba6 09/08 10:41:39 4661781 ProxmoxSDKWrapper::CProxmoxConnection::LogError() -   Err: [HTTP/1.1 400 Parameter verification failed.]469908 72ba6 09/08 10:41:39 4661781 ProxmoxSDKWrapper::CProxmoxConnection::LogError() -   Req: [net0=e1000%3D00%3A0c%3A29%3Aa5%3Ae2%3A5e%2Cbridge%3Dvds01-LBT%20%E2%80%93%20vlan586%20%E2%80%93%20srv-t1-linux%20-%2010.150.86.0-24%20%28vDS01%29]469908 72ba6 09/08 10:41:39 4661781 ProxmoxSDKW

GCP has the top organization and folders with projects underneath - view screenshot below. I know in vmware → vm groups → content rule it allows me to add folders. For GCP I do not have that option. Is this a simple additional setting that can be added to make it visible? How do I backup all projects within a specific folder for GCP Hypervisor?    VMware view  Thank you

Hello Commvault Community, Due to the fact that more and more environments are based on CommServe Linux, which by default has a built-in WebServer module, which in the case of Linux OS doesn’t support the O365 configuration, the WebServer module is increasingly being transferred to machines with Windows OS - this is a requirement for the O365 configuration. Commvault documentation specifies that the WebServer package should be installed on access nodes that will cover O365 configurations.   If we have a pure Windows machine with no role in O365 or any other configuration in the Commvault environment, can such a server act as a dedicated O365 WebServer? If so, will Commvault automatically detect it? If not, where should I change it as the one responsible for connecting to Microsoft portals for the O365 configuration? Maybe some Additional Setting? Does an O365 WebServer necessarily have to be part of the configuration (located on an Access Node or IndexServer)? What if we have a scenar

Hello,Does anyone know if you can search the chat history on the Arlie website for specific terms?Thanks and regards,Thomas

We trying to configure webhook in commvault but it not able to configure, getting errror message “Invalid URL specified” Commvault is not accepting HTTP using HTPS but still failing. Please helpLogs @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@Machine : CommserverFile    : WebServer.log@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@5172  102   07/01 15:05:33 ### admin API - Tid:c69a82a76864123c3e345a268fdd6bcb STARTED  POST [/Webhook] Console[AdminConsole] IP[10.xxx.xx.xxx]5172  102   07/01 15:05:33 ### admin CreateWebhook - Tid:c69a82a76864123c3e345a268fdd6bcb Error while encrypting string:5172  102   07/01 15:05:33 ### admin IsIPValid - Tid:c69a82a76864123c3e345a268fdd6bcb Sitelocalurl/LinkLocalUrl is provided5172  102   07/01 15:05:33 ### admin IsValidUrl - Tid:c69a82a76864123c3e345a268fdd6bcb Invalid ip 10.xxx.xx.xxx5172  102   07/01 15:05:33 ### admin CreateWebhook - Tid:c69a82a76864123c3e345a268fdd6bcb Invalid url specified: https://10.xxx.xx.xxx:9000/

all,I am configuring M365 mailbox backups.I have created an Office 365 Plan and set “Retain deleted items for 2555 days”I then created a Backup Plan with Primary to Disk for 365 days and synchronous AUX to Tape for 2555.Am I correct in saying that all mailbox backups from now with be Incremental and it ignores the Backup Plan retention and keeps all mail for 2555 days on Disk & Tape ! Also, is there a way to run a once off Full backup ? Currently on 11.36 Thanks

Hello,We are currently running backup on Commvault (FR42) for MongoDB Atlas protection with an enterprise customer. Our understanding iis that Commvault orchestrates native Atlas cluster snapshots through the Atlas REST APIs, with no backup copy possible — the data never leaves the Atlas/AWS perimeter and cannot be materialized on a Commvault Cloud Lib...However, MongoDB Atlas natively supports exporting Cloud Backup snapshots to a customer-owned object store (S3, Azure Blob, GCS) via the Atlas Admin API, including S3 Object Lock immutability and PrivateLink transfer. Since Commvault already integrates with this API for snapshot orchestration, we would like to understand:Is there a technical or product reason why Commvault does not leverage the Atlas snapshot export API to provide a true secondary copy (backup copy / air-gapped copy) of Atlas data under Commvault management? Is such an integration on the roadmap for an upcoming Feature Release? If not, what is the recommended Commvault

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Hi everyone,Our CommServe is a VMware VM with 32 GB RAM, but lately memory utilization is consistently around 90% as the environment grows. We have multiple VMware, Azure, AWS, OCI, LiveSync and Microsoft 365 environments, although the total number of VMs is not particularly high.SQL Server Maximum Server Memory is already configured at ~16 GB, so SQL is not consuming all available memory.  Would it be necessary to increase the CommServe all the way to 64 GB RAM, or would a lower intermediate value be sufficient to provide additional headroom?Since it is a VMware VM, we can increase RAM independently without necessarily increasing vCPU. CPU utilization is currently not a concern.What would you consider the best approach in this situation?Best regards,Nikos

Hi everyone.I am trying to build new small commvault lab with commserve on windows, plus one extra windows box with media agent and one same for linux media agent for VMware. Package which was provided to me is called FullMediaKit-Windows-40-CU60. During the installation I am selecting all-in-one  and proceed further. Installer goes to client installation and want to put commserve or GW hostname. On the same machine Commserve should be installed during the same installation but when I put there localhost it is not proceeding further. What I am thinking, whether my mediakit have all needed software to install commserve and client at the same time. From version info I can see below information[Image Information]Version=11.80.400.0ServicePack=40SPTranID=7482319UnixTime=1748308815RevisionNumber=1372LinkedRevId=1372ReducedMedia=1My package have 10GB size.Can someone help me confirm whether I have good installer? I think that its not installing commserve but just only client and trying to (w

We migrated all data to a media agent in the cloud. The Commserve is still local in our company. We would like to install the Commserve on our media agent in the cloud. (Data is only ussed for Archive, backup is moved to cloud)I tried to install the software on the media agent, but you cannot select the option to install the Commserve software. I must uninstall the media agent software and then install the Commserve and media agent software. We are running 11.32.XX (no production only archive)Is there a best practice to do this? Is there any documentation?Thanks in advance!