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any idea on the below error , Error Code: [18:183] Description: Failed with Oracle DB/RMAN error [RMAN-03009: failure of allocate command on ch1 channel at 12/01/2023 13:13:35 ORA-03113: end-of-file on communication channel ] Source: grb-srv-opr, Process: ClOraAgent we restarted the server and services backup 4,5 backup ran sucessfully again we are facing same issue
Hi All, maybe you have an idear. I have an VM wich is running under nutanix ahv. The VM has an size of 25TB with only one disc. The Backup is not the problem incr jobs running ine also synthfull is okay. But the problem is the tape out. During the single stream with 25TB the auxcopy job runs 36h Is there any possibility to increase the tape out speed. Yes more discs could be helpfull but no option more multiplexing also in idear but will be decrease the restore process.
Are there any official announcements that permanent licenses are converted to subscription base models?
Hello everyone,I am planning a MediaAgent hardware refresh in an enterprise environment. The backend storage is a SAN-attached Hitachi array (Disk Library) connected via Cisco MDS. The Hitachi storage remains unchanged; only the MA server hardware is being replaced.Environment & Requirements: The new MA must retain the exact same Hostname, IP address, and Commvault Client Name. DDB and Index Cache are currently on local NVMe/SSD drives and need to be migrated to local NVMe drives on the new server. Operating System: Windows Server. Commvault environment matches the same Feature Release (FR) and Maintenance Release (MR). Proposed Execution Plan: Staging: Build the new MA with a temporary Hostname and IP. Install MPIO, HBA firmware, and drivers matching the Hitachi/Cisco Support Matrix. Freeze State: Suspend all jobs, disable Backup/Restore activity on the old MA, and completely stop all Commvault services to prevent DDB corruption. Local Data Copy: Robocopy the DDB and Ind
Hi All,I'm looking for technical resources and experience in integrating Commvault with Morpheus.What is the integration architecture?Is it possible to match tenant between Morpheus and Commvault? If so, how? So far, I've found only one link on the subject at Morpheus:Commvault — Morpheus Docs documentation (morpheusdata.com)In the integration section of this link, it says to add the IP or Hostname of the CommServe”, but I'm under the impression that it refers to the Web Server (in our architecture, the Web Server is not hosted on the Commserve). Thanks,Luc
Hello community, we used a deduplicated WORM cloud storage pool for a while but needed to start fresh because of unexpected growth.In the process of aging the data of the old pool we noticed an issue because of the default 1 cycle retention which required a workaround to bypass the cycle retention.Therefore we would like to enable zero cycle retention on the new WORM pool like described here: Configuring WORM Storage LockWhen preparing the pool and assigning the first storage policy to it I noticed that the cycle retention got increased to 1 after enabling WORM despite running the command from the documentation beforehand.So my question is: Is there more to do than described in the documentation to enable the zero cycle retention on WORM pools or is the GUI just “showing” 1 cycle but using 0 in the background?
Hi everyone,I have a 11.40 environment and the login nowadays has 3 steps and before I get to fill in the 2FA PIN, I have triggered the email with the 2FA code.I first get the screen to fill in my username. The second screen allows me to put in my password. After this, I get the third screen where I can fill in the 2FA code if I have not added a 2FA PIN to my password on the second screen (the same way as for the commcell console). If I did not fill in the 2FA PIN with my password, I get a mail with a 2FA PIN.I want to configure the logic that a 2FA code is only sent out via mail when I don't fill in a PIN in the third screen. This is because I don't want to get a 2FA PIN mail because I have already stored the secret in a TOTP app. It is also not logical for end users that have a TOTP app that they still get the mail when they have not yet had the change to fill in the 2FA PIN.I also rather do not want to entirely disable the 2FA mail via the additional setting DisableTFAEmail because
Hi,Does Commvault have any roadmap to add support for Live VM Recovery for VMware running on Dell PowerFlex?TksFT
HiWe are trying to use Commvault for very large SQL Server VM (about 50 TB) running on Nutanix. The main requirement is to recover quickly after a security incident by restoring to a clean pre‑incident point while keeping RTO extremely low, which is hard when full database re‑hydration is required.Today, SQL point‑in‑time restores in Commvault appear to work in the traditional way: the database is rebuilt by streaming data from backup (full/diff) and then applying logs, writing out the entire MDF/NDF/LDF set again. For a 50 TB database, fully moving data from backup media back to production storage is not realistic for tight RTO objectives.What we would like is a workflow that:- Treats the SQL data disks (on Nutanix) more like snap‑based clones instead of full copy restores. - Lets us promote or mount a snapshot at the individual disk/volume level, not only at whole‑VM level. - Then uses Commvault only to apply transaction logs on top of that snapped data for point‑in‑time recovery,
Hi Community, I’m currently forwarding logs from Commvault with a external monitoring tool, and then use a DB Connect tool for this. After a recent upgrade, I can see that my queries for the view [CommServ].[dbo].[CommCellBackupInfo] is now being masked for the variable clientname. It now shows, for example: “eexxxxom”. instead of “example.com”. I found this KB: SQL Dynamic Data Masking about this.Questions I have relating to this are:What privilege does the user need to have for this to not mask? Currently, I have “read-only” rights, which only have rights to read and connect to the database. What else would I need for this to work? Or, are there any way to disable this in Commvault/the SQL database in the CommServe?Kind regards,Daniel
Hi,actually we do not encrypt our backups.Make it sense to encrypt them?Thanks and RegardsDennis
I'm able to restore data between Windows machines using the API.--- XML WINDOWS ---<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><DM2ContentIndexing_RetrieveToClientReq mode="2" serviceType="1"> <userInfo userGuid="8a06f467-b2d2-4fbc-905f-c8033d8f83de"/> <header> <destination clientId="6749" subclientId="9151" inPlace="0"> <destPath val="V:\Arquivos"/> </destination> <filePaths val="F:\temp\teste.txt"/> <srcContent subclientId="9150" clientId="6748" instanceId="1" backupSetId="7440" appTypeId="33" /> </header> <advanced restoreDataAndACL="1" restoreDeletedFiles="0" unconditionalOverwrite="1"/></DM2ContentIndexing_RetrieveToClientReq> But I am not having the same success with the NAS (appTypeId 13)<header><srcContent subclientId="488"clientId="131"instanceId="1"backupSetId="141"appTypeId="13"/><fileP
Hello Commvault Community, I’d like to ask how the CS hostname mechanism works during the production failover process. If both CommServe servers, passive and active, have different “CommServe Hostnames” and the CommServe Hostname value isn’t changed for Client Computers (production servers) after a production failover, is this the correct behavior, or should this parameter be automatically updated in Client Computer Properties? CS Active: CS_ABC (Instace001) FailoverNode1: Fo_ABC (Instace002) CS Passive: CS_XYZ (Instance001) FailoverNode2: Fo_XYZ (Instance002) After a successful production failover to CS_XYZ, the environment works correctly without any problems, but all Client Computers still have CS_ABC listed as the CS Hostname in their properties (it acts as passive CS after the production failover). Is this how it’s should work, or should the CS hostname be automatically updated on all Client Computers as part of this production failover process? I haven’t found any such des
I am using Commvault Cloud and have a retention set to 30 days but, when I review my jobs they are still listed. What else do I need look at to confirm that the system is pruning the jobs and if my configuration is correct.
Hi,is Commvault affected in any form by the CVE-2026-6100 issue in pyhton?At the moment there are no information in the Security Advisories Dashboard.We are using commvault 11.40 with pyhton version 3.13.7.Kind RegardsFlorian
I would like to deploy a new CommServe server on Linux using SP 11.40. My current CommServe is running on Windows with SP 11.36. I plan to set up the new CommServe as a standby node in advance.Could you advise on the best practices for this setup?The operating system I am using is Rocky Linux. I have provisioned an additional disk for the Commvault installation and software cache, which is mounted at /opt/CommvaultData.What are the initial steps I should follow to ensure a secure and reliable installation? For the installation of SP 11.40, I would like to first deploy two new passive nodes on Linux, and only then perform the failover to Linux.I also have a question regarding the software cache. With the new CommServe on Linux, I have configured a new software cache for Windows and enabled it as a remote software cache.How can I ensure that, during update installations, clients automatically use the correct remote cache? Specifically, I want Windows clients to use the Windows software c
Hi,on our B2D library there is one mount path since weeks full. Mount path usage is set to “Spill and Fill”.Why is that path full?RegardsDennis
Hi all,In the Commvault Engineer training I told the students about MediaExplorer. One of my students remarked that MediaExplorer is only available for Windows. Since there are more and more MediaAgents on Linux (and therefore backups to Linux volumes), is there something similar for Linux? Or can we connect a Linux volume to a Windows server and use MediaExplorer on that server?Any tips are welcome. Thanks and kind regards,Henk
Following an upgrade to 11.32.29 over the weekend, all the configured, scheduled reports in the Command Center are failing. Manually generating a report and trying to send via email also fails.Looking at the ScheduledReports.log I can see the below:1508 3b64 11/13 11:01:36 4406456 EvReportMgr::GenerateReportNonSecurity() - generating Backup job summary11508 3b64 11/13 11:01:38 4406456 GetWebConsoleURLList() - There is no WebConsole available to proceed further11508 3b64 11/13 11:01:38 4406456 genReportsWebSchedule::generateReport() - Failed to get the list of web consoles for web server id [0].11508 3b64 11/13 11:01:38 4406456 EvReportMgr::GenerateReportNonSecurity() - Failed to generate report for report type=[8012] task ID=[4406456].11508 3b64 11/13 11:01:38 4406456 EvReportMgr::disposeReport() - Backup job summary : Report Failed11508 3b64 11/13 11:01:38 4406456 genReportBase::getReportUrl() - Generating report using web console [http://<commcell>/webconsole].I understan
Hi everyone,I have a question regarding the restore of Teams planners. I have a customer tried to restore the planner of a teams channel but the restored planner is empty. When restoring to disk, the folder structure is created to mirror the teams\channel\planner path but the resulting folders are empty.I already found that they did not have planner items enabled in the Office 365 plan which was why the original restore was empty. I enabled this option last week and since that time backups have been running without issue.I have just browsed the latest backup of multiple teams with planners but all planners are showing empty.Is there anything else I need to do to be able to restore the planner items? The Commvault environment is running 11.40.47.Kind regards,Paul
Hi all,I’m looking into the default configuration for SQL transaction log backups in Commvault and noticed that log backup with caching (Log Commit) is enabled by default. From what I understand, the log backups are first cached on the MediaAgent and then committed in batches to the CommServe based on a defined interval. I also see that even if log backups run frequently, they don’t appear as individual recovery points in the timeline, but are still used for point-in-time restores.What I’m trying to understand is how useful this setup is in practice. Since log backups are not visible as recovery points in the timeline, does this approach actually help you in real scenarios?Is anyone actively using this default behavior and finding it beneficial, even though you don’t see those recovery points directly?Would be interested to hear your experience. Best regards, Nikos
Getting below error while trying guest file restore for a linux VM through access node in Commvault v11.40:“Browse failed due to error while mounting virtual machine: No valid node is available to perform a guest file restore of the choosen VM.” VM backup can be successful but browse/restore fails.Has anyone faced this kind of error befre? and what can we do to resolve this?
I have a VM LiveSync setup, CommServe is Windows 19 running 11.28 and old version of SQL. From the online documentation and the SQL upgrade recommendations, and supported version migration for Windows to Linux. It looks like the hardware refresh and staying on Windows (enabled in REGEDIT) to 11.40 is the best approach, this will allow for the Windows migration to Linux by Dec-2027 approach with supported workflows. Are there any caveats - or a link to VMs (LiveSync) hardware refresh steps, CommServe installed with C-Name, so expecting a straightforward import on to Windows 25 and SQL 22.It seems because of the old version of CV, stops me running SQL in place upgrades or Windows to Linux migrations. Everything seems to be 11.32. or 11.36 options only, so to avoid multiple convoluted paths, just create 2 x new VM’s, enable CV on Windows and download CV 11.40.x import the CV DB’s during install. Shutdown the old LiveSync pair and fire up the new VM’s importing the DB files during the CV i
Hello Team, Currently we have two physical media agent servers and using only index cache. The deduplication feature is enabled on target end (Dedup appliance). Now we want to add two new media agent servers and after few days will remove old media agent servers. Shall we move indexing data from old media agent to new media agent servers.
Hi Team,We have a requirement where a company is separating from its parent organization and establishing a newly created Commvault environment.As part of this transition, they would like to migrate their long-term retention backup data from the existing on-premises environment to the cloud within the new Commvault setup.Please confirm whether this migration is supported and advise on the recommended approach to perform it.Additionally, please provide the following details: Prerequisites and requirements Supported migration methods High-level implementation steps Any limitations or considerations that should be taken into account Your guidance on this would be appreciated.Thanks,Rahul Raina
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