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Hi all,We currently have upgraded to 11.23.21 and currently strategising implementing the new CV Server Backup Plans. In the meantime, there is a new set of critical servers that can only be backed up when they have been shutdown and absolutely no other software or agents (especially CV agent) can be installed and they can’t be VM snapshotted while online - only when powered off.Apparently this will only happen every 2-3 months when windows updates are installed, and will completed by normal staff members (not CV administrators), so they need access to Commvault and instructions on how to perform a manual backup.So can anyone let me know what would be the easiest, most risk-free way for them to do this in Classic commvault ways or the new Server Backup Plan way please?I’m still learning, so any instructions would be most gratefully accepted.Thanks, DM
Hi, I have a client who is extremely serious about security. Knowing what information is contained in CSDB and following “Trust no one” policy, does not allow for CS database to be send anywhere including Commvault support.There is an option to scrub log files which besides scrubbing logs should also scrub CSDB, but the documentation doesn’t mention what exactly is scrubbed in CS DB.https://documentation.commvault.com/11.23/essential/130818_configuring_data_masking_for_log_files.htmlI’m thinking about, client names, client hostnames, domain names, user names, user passwords, encryption keys and so on. Can anyone share some insight about what data is masked in CSDB?
Hello, Is there any command that brings up the entire CommCell configuration? Storage Polices, Clients, DDB, etc.
I am running a migration from other vendor to CV. For a time being, is it possible that I restrict commvault to use media from designated slots (not to scan/use all library slots). Just to avoid conflict as the tape library would be having CV as well as other vendor media.
Good morningI’m about to do my first Service Now integrations with Commvault. The SNOW admin is asking if Commvault is able to make use of webhooks for this integration. From what I’m seeing this is an available option.Is it possible to just confirm this before I continue with this?I may have more questions once I start.Thank you in advance.Regards,Mauro
Hello,Through the Commcell Console, it is possible to monitor the online status of Media Agens through the alert “Configuration > MediaAgents” then by choosing the option “MediaAgent went offline”.But since we don’t need to install the MediaAgent package to create a VSA proxy, it is not possible to monitor their online status through the same alert.I tried to find the same feature by looking into “Configuration > Clients” and “Configuration > Client Group” but I didn’t find any option to monitor the online status of the VSA proxies.Do you have any advise or method to monitor their online status?Thank you very much in advance.
Hello,Our VMware Livesync validation failed due to “No host is compatible with the virtual machine”. FYI, this source VM has 48 CPU. We only has 1 ESXi host at DR site and this host does not has enough resources to cater CPU from this VM.Do we have any ways that we can configure Livesync to change the CPU on the destination VM?Regards,Asyraf
We just installed a brand new CommServe for testing and noticed it came along with SQL 2019. Now the documentation states the following:Note: Beginning in Feature Release 11.25, during the installation of the CommServe software or other server packages, Commvault installs Microsoft SQL Server 2019 Standard Edition by default. See: https://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/expert/142606_upgrading_microsoft_sql_server_2016_standard_edition_to_microsoft_sql_server_2019_standard_edition.htmlNow as SQL 2019 is already installed by default as part of FR25 it to me raised the question if the note in the documentation actually indicates that it requires SQL 2019 to be installed. SQL 2012 R2 extended support is ending next year, so to me it would make sense to start informing customers that they should make plans to upgrade. Most likely you are also still running on Windows 2012 R2 so it would require a full refresh of both OS and SQL.Anyway I'm curious to hear if FR25 will require SQL 2019 to
We have several clients that are VM’s but also have the FSA agent installed on them, we released the FSA agent and are backing them up as VM. Question: Is there a way to change the Days since last successful backup for client to include clients backing up as VM’s.
Hi there,I would like to ask you, in general, which elements are in play during the DDB verification? Is there communication between the DDB database and the disk library during the DDB verification job?In documentation, there is written that "Verification cross-verifies the unique data blocks on disk with the information contained in the DDB and the CommServe database." So, it means that there is communication between media agent and master server… The thing is, that in our case this verification job even Incremental takes a very long time. However, the performance of the disk with DDB database looks quite good.
Hi all, Had a question regarding the current IAM policies being provided by Commvault for AWS policies that are all documented here. My question is in relation to this policy. More pointed, I’m interested to understand if anyone has taken the time to configure these policies in a “least privilege access” approach utilizing something like condition based tags. I understand that Commvault provides this policy. But as you can see, the bottom half of that policy is still far more wide open than what would meet a “least privilege access” approach. For instance I’d like to understand what SSM is being used for and how we could approach restricting these specific permissions to only the resources we need to give it access to: "ssm:CancelCommand""ssm:SendCommand""ssm:ListCommands""ssm:ListDocuments""ssm:DescribeDocument""ssm:DescribeInstanceInformation" Open to thoughts, suggestions! Thanks,
