Commvault Cloud Topics

We want to migrate VMs from Vmware to Hyper-V using Commvault. The Hyper-V will be a cluster with SAN storage to store the Cluster files. The Hyper-V cluster will be hardened with Windows Firewall rules. What are the ports to be allowed for allowing Restore of VM from VMware to Hyper-V and Backups of Hyper-V VMs on Proxy.

Hi,I want to recover a exchange DB from tape,the backup is written on two different tapes. But we only have one LTO4 drive.When I want to recover the Exchange DB, the job is always aborted because the second tape cannot be read. The first tape is in the LTO drive. I have no way of changing the tape during the recovery job. How can I solve the problem?ThanksRalph

Hello,I have a Storage Policy with the disks and retentions shown below. The idea behind this design is shorten the time required to backup to the primary, then Aux copy(slower disks) can be done later. For jobs with a Full(day1), Incremental (next 20 days), I have seen the full and incrementals being retained on the primary and not aging after 1 day. I understand why as the Full and incrementals are needed to restore, but is there any way to age them off the primary as they will be available on Aux Copys. I have been manually deleting the jobs off the Primary as space starts to run out, but the next incremental job automatically converts itself to a Full backup. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.Primary - SSDs 3TBs - Retention 1 Day 0 Cycle Aux Copy - HDDs 40TBs - Retention 21 Day 1 Cycle Aux Copy - Tape Storage

After setting up an update from version 11.32.59 to 11.32.63 that failed, the commvault web console is not accessible anymore. Not from localhost on the linux server that hosts it, or from any of the clients. It still sends emails that there are updates available for download, but I’m unable to connect to the webconsole. The Web service is running if I go to ip:5000/searchsvc/cvwebservice.svc but I get an unable to connect when trying to log into the console itself.

Does commvault make use of Multi-part upload to S3 compatible HCP/HCP-CS storage?If yes, what's the part size? Can it be modified at the CV ? Does it occur for both non-worm and worm policies? Are there any logs where the parts and upload-ids can be viewed? 

Hello community,Im looking for a way to restore an on-prem Exchange mailbox to an Exchange online mailbox (o365).From Exchange restore options menu, I can see only the Exchange (on-prem) as a destination. Also, from Exchange online (o365), there is only the option for Exchange online restore.No option for on-prem Exchange (cross restore). Our version is 11.32.49.Please for your feedback, if cross restore on-prem Exchange ↔ Exchange online is supported in Commvault.Best regards,Nikos

Hi folks,we are planning to upgrade from 11.28 to 11.32, but we have some questions that maybe you can helps us clarify.Our setup is:Commserve installed in a cluster configuration with 2 serversWindows Server 2016SQL Server 2016At this moment we are not planning to upgrade to a new Windows version or doing a hardware refresh.Some scenarios we are considering.1) Upgrading only the Commvault packages, by using the Download Software within the Commcell. Is there some downside with staying in SQL Server 2016?2) Upgrading SQL Server + Commvault packages, at the same time, by using the Full Media Kit download (including SQL Server packages). I have tried this in a lab, but it didn't upgrade SQL Server, only Commvault packages.3) Can we upgrade in steps like this?3.1) upgrade just the SQL Server using the 2019 install package included in the Full Media Kit. Upgrade on the passive node, then failover the instance to it, then upgrade the other node.3.2) upgrade the Commvault packages.We are con

Hello Community,Since we have the first customers who can no longer use the Commcell Console or only with great effort due to a new installation 11.34, I am currently trying to find support standard functions in the Command Center again.A classic example: how do I set the debug level of a process and the number of versions of the log files on a Linux client. It was easy until 11.32:https://documentation.commvault.com/2024/expert/configuring_log_file_consettings_in_commcell_console.htmlIn versions 10.x we used to use keys. I found the item “settings” and an “add” button at “manage Servers ...”.Are we going back to that level or have I overlooked a menu item in CommandCenter?Thanks in advanceJoerg 

Hello everyone,I am a Solution Architect and Integrator, and I have recently been tasked with migrating our CommVault infrastructure to IaaS virtual machines on Azure. Currently, our environment consists of a CommServe installed on a Windows Server 2016 virtual machine, with a Media Agent and a proxy server each on separate Windows Server 2016 machines. My goal is to migrate the entire solution to Windows Server 2022 virtual machines on Azure, followed by upgrading the CommVault software from 11.28.117 to the last version.It’s important to note that I was not involved in the initial installation or configuration of this CommVault solution. My mandate includes the migration, optimization for the cloud, and maximizing cost efficiency.We are hesitant about exporting the CommVault database from our On-Premise environment and importing it into the new IaaS CommServe, mainly due to the cloud-specific security requirements that are not currently implemented on the On-Premise server. This woul

When I use WORM-enabled storage policy to backup a file. I can see from the Object store logs that the PUT requests include partNumber and uploadID. See the example below.PUT /2.6wormtest/Z5YO4V_09.06.2024_10.43/CV_MAGNETIC/V_342/CHUNK_1294/SFILE_CONTAINER_020?partNumber=1&uploadId=7ffffe6e38ff88e4 HTTP/1.1When using a NONWORM policy to backup the same file, the received PUT request does not include the partNumber or uploadID. See the example below.PUT /windowsnonworm/1DWYIV_09.11.2024_10.49/CV_MAGNETIC/V_8220/CHUNK_84999/SFILE_CONTAINER_001.FOLDER/0 HTTP/1.1" 200My question is, does Commvault not employ multipart upload during a backup with the standard (WORM disabled) policy?

I have a bunch of data in a very end of support tape library. I need to get it out of teh tape library and into somewhere else. If I configure an HPE Storeonce library and use that as an auxcopy target will the storeonce be able to deduplicate the data coming off tape? I’m unfamilair with Catalyst - and I vaguely recall that in an aux copy scenario chunks are moved from place to place without any actual processing that might be required for catalyst/dedupe processing.

Planning to move the existing Commvault appliance to a new hardware with bigger disks and SSD’s.Some  questions: Current version is CV Version: 11 SP16 HPK17, shall I move to 2022E or 2023E? In the Hardware Refresh Procedure,it is mentioned that the local mount path should be copied to a location accessible to the new server. The size of the local mount path is 10TB. I plan to copy the contents to the new server’s disk library. Copying will be done over the network and I believe it will take some time to complete, so my question is, should I copy over the mount path before i do the CV installation in the new server? What is recommended approach?

Hi. In the Commcell console, the table layouts that I saved are back to default the next day. If I saved and logoff and back in, table layout is the saved one. Buy the next day, it’s back to default.Windows server is not part of any domain, so no GPO are involved here. It used to stay saved few months ago, but not anymore. Not sure after which update this behavior started.Is there some sort of conf file being created for my CV user, or is this just send in CV DB?  

I need to protect data found on multiple CIFS shares, totaling about 40 Tb of data.I currently have a backup schedule where i take a full backup monthly, and then incremental backups daily thereafter. The problem is that the full backup takes multiple days to complete.Would it be recommended to take synthetic full backups monthly instead of the fulls?What are the drawbacks of never taking another full backup and going with monthly synthetic fulls only?

I am replacing my Windows 2012 CommVault physical server with new 2019 physical server.  I have several disk drives on the current server with commvault backup data I need to retain and I have same configuration on the new server except with larger disks.How do I migrate the CV database & data to new server?

Hello We are on Commvault 11.28.122 and our security team notified me that we have a few vulnerabilities on our linux redhat clients.  Its a medium vulnerability but this client requires us to address medium vulnerabilities.plugin Output:   Path              : /opt/commvault/Base64/libcurl.so  Installed version : 8.4.0  Fixed version     : 8.9.1My questions - Would this possibly be addressed in a “maintenance release” ?  orWould we need to upgrade from 11.28.x to say like 11.32.x or 11.36.x to correct this?  I mean how and were can see what versions of libcurl is included in a maintenace fix or version?   Or do I need to just spin open a ticket with Support..https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/205024 Thanks for looking at my post and appreciate any feed back!ThanksBC 

During cleanup, in some cases, jobs for a few users get stuck in the running state and do not progress. The jobs neither fail with an error nor move to the completed phase, remaining in the running state for days. Is there any additional setting related to this issue or a timeout for a user's cleanup process?

We have an incremental backup that ran on 29 August and completed at 19:11. The storage policy has retention set to 7 day and 2 cycles. On 10 September we unable to restore that data because it has aged. Based on our understanding that backup should only have aged on 12 September before the 2 cycles completed.What could be the reason for this “early aging” of that job?JobStorage policy retention 

Hi, I was wondering if anyone is using the Calendar Backup Job Summary Report from Commcell and do some basic success rate calculating based on this?I think I’m able to use the raw Excel file and calculate the amount of successful and failed jobs using come sumproduct and countifs in Excel but if someone already has done this I’m interested on how it’s done.And there’s a small issue when changing storage policy for a server. Then there will be multiple row in the spreadsheet and I’m not Excel savvy enough to try and combine and find the unique servers and at the same time count the backups on multiple row.So any advise or tips is much appreciated.

HelloI haven’t scanned through all hotfixes, thought I’d ask in here first.Seems that the behaviour is somewhat different for an old commcell and a newer installation.Earlier when we retiere a client the client identifie was changed and a R and a number was added.Now when we do it the client identifier isn’t changed.Was that change din any maintenance release? //Henke   

Hi,We have multiple SharePoint online backups failing, usually the same file (videoplayerpage.aspx). We get the same reason for failure each time.“This part is not exportable. To be exportable, a part must be personalizable and not have its ExportMode set to None. Parameter name: webPart.”Is there a way to backup this file? I’ve looked online but found no solution.

Hi All,- daily incremental backup and Thu Synthetic full backup- every week will rotate and insert week tape on Thu, will not use barcode pattern with spare media pool- if week1 Thu and Fir are holidays, will insert week1 and week2 tape in library on Wed because no one will back to office rotate tapeQ1. due to commvault may use week2 tape backup on week1 Wed or use week1 tape backup on coming Thu and Fir, could week2 mark media full force commvault use week1 tape until Thu and we may remote access and change week1 tape mark media full and change week2 tape mark appendable on Thu and let commvault use week2 tape backup backup coming Thu and Fir?Q2, but we check https://kb.commvault.com/article/53950 "Synthetic full backups will not use Appendable media", if "Synthetic full backups will not use Appendable media.", how can solve? Q3. if Synthetic full backups could use Appendable media, any impact or concern when “mark media full” with “mark appendable”?Best regards

Hello,I have a I have a small customer who has a secondary media agent that receives aux copy. its DDB size is over 2,5 TB.What is commvault recommendations about that?We plan to perform a hardware refresh of the Media agent maybe be I can reduce the DDB size during this operation ?Thanks !

Hello Community,I have an MSP environment with about 30 media agents. Some media agents are installed on customer site and it is not very easy to ask them to perform an upgrade.Target version is  11.32the infra is compsed ofCommserve VM (MSP site) is on version 11.28.117, Windows 2019,SQL 2016WebServer VM  (MSP site internet facing) is on version 11.28.56, Windows 2019media agents are used as primary or secondary depending of the storage policy/customerma1 (customer site) Windows 2019, 11.28.53ma2 (customer site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.53ma3 (customer site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.53ma4 (customer site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.53ma5 (customer site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.111secondary media agents that receive auxiliary copies from the customers through VPN are hosted at MSP site A secondary MA can receive aux copy from different customersmsp_ma1 (MSP site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.111msp_ma2 (MSP site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.117msp_ma3 (MSP site) Windows 2012 R2, 11.28.53msp_ma3 (MSP site)

Hi All, if only one tape drive and library have cleaning tape, when aux copy to tape progress e.g. 50% and tape drive detect error require clean tape drive Q1. CommServe setup tape library auto clean with sense code, will backup job auto continue after CommServe auto use the cleaning tape if clean the tape drive successful? Q2. If Q1 backup job auto continue, will it backup star from 0 or 50%? Q3. CommServe setup tape library auto clean with sense code, refer below job management, will backup job pending or waiting or failed after CommServe use the cleaning tape clean the tape drive but unsuccessful over 200 minutes (restart interval mins 20 x max restart 10)? Best regards