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Disaster Recovery Query – IDM Application Backup Tapes (December & November 2025)The IDM application is hosted in DC1 (Onsite). Monthly full backups are taken every last Sunday of the month. These backups are sent to DC2 (DR Site). In December 2025, the IDM application required 5 tapes for the full backup. Out of these, 3 tapes became full and were already moved to DC2. The remaining 2 tapes were not yet full and stayed onsite in DC1. A disaster has now wiped out all onsite data, including incrementals, disk backups, and the 2 onsite tapes. We need to know in how many possible ways the application can be recovered using the offsite tapes. If recovery from December 2025 is not possible due to missing tapes, we need confirmation whether all November 2025 backup tapes for IDM are available offsite. If November’s set is complete, recovery should proceed from that month instead.
Hello Team,How can we enable Journaling on o365?Note: On on -prem it was enabled but it will be decommissioned soon as we moved to Exch Online.
I want to configure a disk library and share it between two Media Agents running Windows Server 2022, enabling load balancing and failover. The disks are presented from a storage via FC to both servers and from these servers the same disks are accessed using the same drive or mount path.Does the Transport Type in Share Mount Path have to be Regular on both servers?Or, on the first server, is it configured as a local path and shared with the second as a Data Server - FC?What is the recommendation according to best practices?
Hi team,I would like to confirm a specific point regarding Commvault Deduplication.Is it supported to store the Deduplication Database on a NAS , considering that the NAS itself is not a MediaAgent?I want to confirm whether the DDB can reside on NAS storage or if it must be located on MediaAgent-local storage.Thank you.
Hi. If I vmotion a VM that is currently in cluster A, to a new greenfield vcenter let’s call it cluster B, I assume that the UUID will remain the same but will Commvault see that VM as the same and backup history will follow?
Hello I have the following: RHEL client: RHEL 9Windows Commserve: Windows Server 2019No firewall exist between the two machinesWhen I check the box that says Restore Via CV Tools to install the Linux agent onto the client, I get this error:“Description: Failed to install File System Core Package, could not determine processor/OS type of client”I do have a case open with support but wanted to see if anyone else has had this problem and found a solution. I have not found a solution on the forum.
We recently had a scare when Commvault upgraded us to a new feature that we “Thought” our Media Agent couldn’t handle. Thankfully we were wrong but we want to disable auto updates. The ticket I had open they said to do the below. I can not find this option at all. When I do searches it talks about disabling it in the schedules but I am not seeing the updates in the commcell schedule either. Not sure what I am doing wrong.Steps:Open the CommCell Console. Navigate to: Control Panel > Additional Settings. Add a new setting: Name:DisableAutomaticPushInstall Category/Path:CommServDB.GxGlobalParam Type: Integer Value:1
Just noticed following coming change:On April 2 2026, Microsoft will fully retire Azure ACS for all tenants. Because of this change, you must reconfigure SharePoint Online to use certificate-based authentication. We recommend upgrading to Commvault Cloud 11.40 or a more recent release. All Commvault Cloud customers must reconfigure their SharePoint Online authentication method by April 2, 2026 or SharePoint Online backups will begin to break.
I have the following issue:-OS was upgraded from debian 9 to debian 12-backup services not starting anymore since then-uninstalled and reinstalled locally interactive 32.49, but the backup agent is being stuck forever on Starting Services phase -downloaded new interactive fresh pkg 32.59, but the same issue-i cannot find too much in the logs-tried to start services manually, but only cvfwd started, while the other services not (no error displayed):/opt/commvault/Base/svc_ctrl -focus Instance001 -start cvd/opt/commvault/Base/svc_ctrl -focus Instance001 -start cvlaunchd/opt/commvault/Base/svc_ctrl -focus Instance001 -start ClMgrS/opt/commvault/Base/svc_ctrl -focus Instance001 -start cvfwd-verified before if there is anything else listening on CVD and CVFWD (CVD is using default 8400 port, CVFWD 8600) + checked and manually deleted leftover folders if any: Commvault Installation folder; Log folder; Registry folder + checked for orphaned commvault processes Any idea what can
Hi All. I have build a new setup with MediaAgents and a CommServe installed with RedHat Linux. Is it possible to disable the root account like you are in a HyperScaleX setup where you need to enable the root access from within the CommandCenter. I really like this feature, so I would like to get et on my normal MediaAgents as well. I see that is possible via the CommServe bare metal setup and you can download a workflow described in the below link:https://documentation.commvault.com/v11/software/enabling_or_disabling_root_access_for_commserve_bare_metal.html Install and deploy the HyperScale OS Node Root Access workflow from the Commvault Store. But I’m unsure if it will work on my MediaAgents and my CommServe. Regards-Anders
what we keep the directory space if we want to install commvault commserve in redhat linux
Hi guys, is there a possibility to get the subclientId of a client when searching for a specific content.E.g.:I have 3 subclients, 1 for drive c, 1 for drive d and 1 for drive e.Now I want to get the SubclientId for the path “c:\example”.Is there any possibility to get this? Maybe per RestAPI? BRJan
Hi All. I just checked the traffic to and from our CommServe in our firewall. I do see thousands of denies every hour from the CommServe to IP’s belonging to amazon (3.174.18.10, 3.174.18.80, 3.174.18.70…..) We do not use any Amazon services in anyway, so any one have an idea why the CommServe tries to connect to Amazon and how to disable what its doing? Thanks-Anders
Hi, I’m trying to do a BMR on a windows server, but 1-touch can only find the network card in slot1. the connections on slot1 is on a management network that can’t reach the commvault server. We have nic in slot6 (Broadcom BCM5741x) that reach the commcell. I have added the drivers for this card, but slot6 doesn’t shows up when I boot 1-touch.Anyone that have a clue on what to do here?BR, Tony
Hey Community,A couple of days ago, I received an email with this anomaly notification “Garbage Collection Delay in DDB Stores.” What does this issue indicate, and what should I be checking when this appears?When I click the link to see the more details about this notification, it opens a DDB Pruning Performance Anomaly Report, but it doesn’t seem to provide any useful information. Has anyone run into this before or have suggestions what to do with this?Thanks in advance!
Hello Community,I have a problem, that the Index Cache Directory usage grows steadily (~ 2Gb per week) and currently 80% of free space is consumed.Due to specifics of the environment, Load Balancing and adding free space is almost impossible. As per the CV documentation, the active metadata are deleted from Index Cache, when the corresponding jobs meet retention:https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/commcell-console/backupset_level_indexing_index_cache_cleanup.html#index-cleanupand the compaction process happens every 30 days by default:https://documentation.commvault.com/additionalsetting/compaction-enforce-days.htmlCan I use the Additional Setting COMPACTION_ENFORCE_DAYS to set another frequency for the Compaction process, e.g. 1 week? I expect, that then the metadata from aged jobs will be deleted every week, rather than every month, and this will free up space in Index Cache.Is this assumption correct?What impact can this setting have on the environment? Best regards, Aleksandr
we are planning for upgrading cs and SQL version without the hardware refresh, Please help here with the known issues and the necessary steps for upgradation
I’m working with a customer to test Proxmox backups and am a bit confused. When I go to the Proxmox config page I don’t have an access node which is expected since we haven’t set it up yet. When I click on the link to download it, I get an VSA_x64.exe, which is a Windows executable. From documentation I understand we have to install it on at least one of the cluster nodes which are a flavor of linux. Is the idea to download the CV linux binaries using the VSA_x64 executable? If so, what would be the proper package(s)? Also, it is a little confusing with the documentation as I’m reading it; do we need VSA installed on all the nodes in the cluster or just a single node to act as the access node?Thanks in advance!
Commvault environment is on V11 SP40.6Hana instances reside on a cluster environment where the cluster IP is internal. End users and Commvault should reach the cluster via load balancing which has a hostname “load.balancer.IP” having following IPs: --- snip ---[root@node1 ~]# nslookup load.balancer.IPServer: x.x.x.xAddress: Non-authoritative answer:load.balancer.IP canonical name = load.balancer.IP.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com. Name: load.balancer.IP.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.comAddress: Name: load.balancer.IP.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.comAddress: 1 Name: load.balancer.IP..ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.comAddress: --- snip --- The Hana cluster hostname and IP as below is not accessible to the external world: --- snip ---D:\>nslookup hana.cluster.ipServer: ip--xx-xx-xx.ap-southeast-2.compute.internalAddress: x.x.x.x Non-authoritative answer:Name: Address: --- snip --- CommCell should be reaching the Hana cluster hana.cluster.ip via the load balancer i.e “load
Hi,I have few questions about compliance lock and the retention of last full backup.How does the retention of the last full backup work in a storage with a compliance lock? Is the retention for the last full backup updated when a new full backup is added at the end of the month? I know that compliance lock can't lower the retention.For example, if a full backup occurred on the 15th day of the month considered as the last full backup of month and the retention is set to 1 year, but on the 30th day of the month a new full backup occurred and it is the real last full backup of the month, does the first full backup will update the retention date even if it is in a storage with compliance lock.Is it recommended to select "Last full backup" for a extended retention job with compliance lock? Do you recommended to use instead "First full backup" with compliance lock? What is the best practice?
Hi Team, Noticed there are a number of specialist badges for Commvault - Commvault Cloud SaaS for Microsoft Azure VMs - CredlyCore Security Features on Commvault Cloud SaaS - CredlyCommvault Cloud Rewind on Commvault Cloud SaaS - Credly Would very much like to add these to my arsenal of certifications..Does anyone know how to obtain these? I thought maybe through these - CSF SaaS - Microsoft Azure VMsCSF SaaS - Core Security FeaturesCSF SaaS - Cloud Rewind But that doesn’t seem to trigger the credly assignment :( Thanks,Hayden
Hi,additionally to my previous post regarding support for Rocky Linux 9.6 I now ask for support for Rocky Linux 9.7 or Rocky Linux 9 in general. I think this would be a curial step for Commvault to go from Windows to Linux and also allow customers to chose their distro.Why:On December 1st Rocky Linux 9.7 has been released. The Release policy for Rocky Linux: Rocky Linux does not support point releases once a newer one is available. Once a new minor point release is available, the older one is immediately considered end of life and users must upgrade to continue receiving security updates. For example, once 8.5 gets a general release, 8.4 is immediately end of life. SourceAre there any plans for changing the documentation to support Rocky Linux 9 in the latest point release?
Hi,Is it possible to show which user and what files were download from the WebConsole?For example, if I’m restoring any file I’m getting a job with details, but for the download action I can see the action in the audit trail report but with now details of the user or the file itself, I can see only the browse action of the folder Thanks
Hi Team,I am running CommServe version 11.40.30 on Linux, and I am facing an issue where Command Center dashboards show incomplete information.The following dashboards are affected: Health Storage Space Storage Some sections are missing or empty. While reviewing the logs, I found the following errors: SEVERE: failed to retrieve data for datasource [cs], dataset [GetTopUsedDiskLibraries], user [admin], error [Column name or number of supplied values does not match table definition.] SEVERE: failed to execute cache query for dataset [GetTopUsedDiskLibraries], cacheId [87c1520841b54f0388a2f5fe31ddcdbb], error [Table "Cache_93e2cdc681ac4744b54ea90cca217b30" not found (this database is empty)] SQL statement: SELECT * FROM [Cache_93e2cdc681ac4744b54ea90cca217b30] ORDER BY "Date to be Full"Has anyone encountered this issue before? Is this related to Command Center cache tables or database corruption? Are there any known fixes or recommended troubleshooting steps? Any guidance or similar
Hi everyone,I am currently performing a hardware refresh/migration from a legacy Media Agent to a new Commvault HyperScale Edge (Single Node).Current Setup: CommServe is on a separate dedicated server. Legacy MA: Windows Server with local disk libraries (NTFS). New Setup: HyperScale Edge (Single Node). Already joined to the CommCell, and the HyperScale Storage Pool is created. Proposed Migration Plan: Since I cannot simply move the DDB/Disk (due to the architecture change to HS Storage Pool), I plan to do a Side-by-Side migration: Create a Secondary Copy on the existing Storage Policies. Set the Target Library as the new HyperScale Storage Pool. Run Auxiliary Copy to sync all data. Once synced, Promote the Secondary Copy to Primary. Decommission the old MA. My Questions: Is this the recommended workflow for migrating to HyperScale? When creating the Secondary Copy, should I expect any specific behavior regarding the DDB association, since the target is a Storage Pool? A
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