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Hello,I'm trying to backup a filesystem from a storage array, I noticed that the update of the subclient content using this syntax :subclient.content = ["My_storage_array:/My_Filesystem"]This syntax is not executed correctly, we can write anything in the content even if it is not present in the storage array, no validation is done by commvault.The output of the backup job fails and returns the following error:"File system scan failed - there is nothing to back up. A possible cause is that none of the subclient contents exist.".the code that i'm using to do my backup is bellow :commcell = Commcell('My_commcell', commcell_login ,commcell_password)client = commcell.clients.get('My_storage_array')agent = client.agents.get('My_Agent')backupset = agent.backupsets.get('My_Backupset')backupset.subclients.add("backup_tmp", storage_policy

Hello When we work with a tape or any standard storage it s possible to validate a backup with this commandarchecker ‑tdsvhttps://www.ibmbigdatahub.com/blog/are-database-backups-safehttps://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGU8G_12.1.0/com.ibm.bar.doc/ids_bar_101.htm But this does not work in front of CommVaultDoes someone know how to do the same with Commvault ? Thanks  

We do Intellisnap backups of some of our SQL databases. Once a week we do a integrity check on a snapshot also and it works fine.My question is what SQL versions can we use as proxies, does it have to be the exactly same SQL version or can it be a later version of SQL? I’ve not found that documented.BRHenke

We have an active program to discourage the use of the CommCell console. Reason is that it is not supported in combination with SAML and reseller mode and additionally we want to move everyone over to Command Center. This is a big change and people are pretty bad accepting change so it is not always easy and they use a lot of features…… I will not move towards a discussion around feature adoption in Command Center because I do not want a like-4-like move from the CommCell console to the Command Center but I do miss something related to the ability to perform data refreshes and/or scheduled restores to validate the ability to recover data.Customers need to proof that they are able to recover data for auditing purposes. Additionally they also use backup/restore to perform data refreshes for testing purposes and I currently have no idea how to accomplish this without the CommCell console. Only way I would know is to script it through the API but to me these use-cases are fu

Has anyone been able to locate any data or has anyone attempted encrypting the CommServe database through SQL?

What would the filter look like when I want to skip all or a certain local zone in a Solaris global?I want to seperate the  global from the local and backup the local zones separately.Global is called S123, local zone are called sz34 and sz56.

Team,Does anyone has configure backups for MongoDB instances with SSL configuration.I followed the documentation available at https://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=133382.htm but this is not working. Regards,Mohit

I have changed the content of one subclient (new data paths). I used till now the sequence Synthetic Full & Incremental Backups. Do I need to perform the Full Backup (in order to cover the changes) before I switch again to the original sequence Synthetic Full & Incremental? I’m pleased about every tip! :-)

I’m getting the error message when making a backup of a Windows VM “Failed to enable changed block tracking [Change tracking cannot be enabled when snapshots are present]”I cannot delete this old snapshot because I need this version of the VM. Do you know any way to make backups of the VM without snapshot so I can use here “Changed Block Tracking” again?

Hi Community, This is my first post on the community.  We are looking to backup SharePoint Online through Commvault, but I’m unsure how to go about this?  Is it done through the Commcell itself or can it be done through the Web Console.  I don’t see Solutions\Applications\Office365 to do it this way.  if anyone has a step-by-step guide it would be greatly appreciated. Kind regardsTony

Hi,i need help with the plan details command API : /Plan/{planID}when running this command i can’t find the retention criteria for a specific plan in the response.please advice for any help on this commandkind regards,  

We backup all of our O365 group mailboxes with the exchange mailbox agent and the dynamic content „All O365 group mailboxes“.We configured modern authentication. If a backup is running, then commvault will add the service account as a member to every O365 group without an owner or only disabled owners. This does not happen for groups with a valid owner. Can anyone explain, why this happens? In the job log I found only „GetO365GroupOwnerAny - Found 0 owners for groups“.

Hi Team, I have a HyperScale with 6 node cluster in on-prem for primary copy. For Secondary copy I need to move the data to Cloud (Archive Storage).My doubt is, when I am creating the Cloud Storage Pool, Do I select the existing (On-Prem) de-dup path (/ws/ddb/P_1/Copy/_21/Files/31) ( or) Do I need to create a dedicated the dedup path in the on-prem MAIf I need to option 2, then what is the recommended dedup partition value and reason behind that?  And also share the your best practice for hybrid data protection, if any.  Thanks,Manikandan

Is it possible to override default vCenter FREL for guest file restore in Command Center? It seems to be Commcell Console-only option.Also, it would be great if we could add FREL to a VM Group (same as we can add Access Nodes).Using single/default FREL in multiple-cluster vCenter can be technically impossible. SW: 11.22.9Thanks! 

How can I just make backups to tape Perm, once a month? Can I set retention to 0 days?

Short version of the question: Does modifying a file in Commvault reset the 1-year retention?In our environment I have daily incremental that roll into a weekly synth full that roll into a monthly synth full. That monthly is kept for 1 year so at any given point I have 12 months of Monthly synth full jobs.Our retention is set to 1 year.  “For 365 days Keep Monthly Full”So I create a file on 01/01/21 and the daily incremental job runs 01/02/21 and backs the file up.It then should be part of the weekly synth job and then part of the monthly synth full job for January, correct?That file then would be available (unless modified) until January 2022 when the next monthly synth full runs, Correct?The question that was asked is unless a file is modified will it expire after 1-year?If the file is modified on 9/1/21 then it would go through the daily incremental > weekly synth full > monthly synth full and retained until the 9/1/22 job ra

I was checking the documentation regarding Command Center and SAP For Oracle (brtools).This leads,for example, to this:https://documentation.commvault.com/commvault/v11/article?p=112509.htmThis redirects you to the SAP for Oracle documentation, fine: https://documentation.commvault.com/11.21/expert/21968_sap_on_oracle_restores.htmlBut...the SAP for Oracle documentation only mentions Java console & command line restores/database copy.Nothing is mentioned regarding the Command Center.Where is that information? I’m mainly looking for the status of the Oracle in case of a db copy. Should it be stopped/started/mounted/notmounted state, in case of restor

Hi , i try to perform a granular restore from a MS SQL  i‘ve  systematicallyt his error : “Granular restore is supported for blocklevel and snap backup. database selected doesn’t qualify for SQL granular restore i enable block-level backup ( Optimized for File system with large number of small files (Block-LevelBackup  check box) in subclient.i try with VSS and not. i checked prerequisites and all is done.i missed soemthing ?thanks for help 

Wanting to get a confirmation. I see that Vmware has a very specific requirement to backupvRealize Automation 8.0 described below;https://docs.vmware.com/en/vRealize-Suite/2019/vrealize-suite-2019-backup-and-restore-avamar/GUID-49FA9AB6-2A69-4F41-80E1-495447F4D6FC.htmlDoes Commvault has the ability to perform those tasks? I looked at the docs and could not find the details or info related to this.Thanks

I’m setting up Activate to hopefully use for my company for file share optimization.  My initial storage which was about 600GB is space is now full.  I have not been able to determine in the configuration settings how to modify or add new storage to the current index.  I’ve even attempted to create a new index server but it will not let me use the same node (media agent) as before so that I can assign new storage.  In this case the local F: drive.  Does anyone know where the configuration is for me to modify the target of Activate index files?

Hi, Is this report working for someone?When we want to use it, the drop down boxes for commcell/clientgroup are empty. (11.21)  

I’ve configured  MS SQL VMs in Hyper-V for AppAware backups in Commvault 11.22.3. As detailed on docs.commvault.com an automatic log backup schedule is created and log backups proceed as planned.In the CommCell Console I can only find them through the client > ‘SQL Server’ > instance > ‘default’ subclient, right-clicking Schedules. They’re shown with an empty Schedule Policy name.They’re not shown in the Schedule Policies section, nor in the Scheduler, so no easy way to manage multiple ones at the same time. What am I missing?

Hello,Any smart ideas on how an MSP could delegate Plan choice on a per VM / DB / FS / etc..  level?    E.g.  have customer choose the right Bronze/Silver/Gold plan for VM’s, databases, etc.Command center obviously has the functionality to assign plans, but… it involves dealing with creating individual subclients first etc, since that today is where you can apply a plan to. In my situation, the IAAS infrastructure is shared, and data is organized into subclients from an infrastructure point of view (datastore, cluster, resource pools, etc).    This infrastructure is shared across different customres.Customers don’t have access to the hypervisor/subclients on CommVault for obvious reasons. Creating subclients per VM (by the MSP), just so that you could assign an individual plan to is obviously not the right way to go. (scalability, performance, scheduling, burden/overhead on the clients & infra).Looking forward to any sugges

Hi folks, I have a question and or rather willing to have a discussion and sharing information about how we can minimize our efforts of clicking. Possibly share scripts that we have developed and help each other out on daily tasks. We all know that Java GUI has a lot of ways to do the same and it also involves a lot of clicking.  For example, I was able to find and adapt qscripts, qoperations and API for quite a few good daily ops in my scripts, automation:Get clients associated to specific Client Group; Get Client Group to which specific server belongs; Add / Remove client from specific Client Group Start / Stop media agents maintenance mode DIP’s operations (enable/disable/remove/add) Commcell activity (Enable/Disable) Finding duplicate clients between our commcells And sure, all of it depends on the level of competence in automating, but Commvault being ‘old

Hello,When I try: Command : http://<<webserver>>:81/SearchSvc/CVWebService.svc/VM I got only the first 100 VMs entry in alphabetical order back.there is no error!Have any one an idea why not all, we have around 2000 VMs.thanks in advanceJuergen