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Muhammad AbdullahByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

Fresh Imaging Hyperscale X Reference Architecture 3 Nodes

Hello, i have a project that a client will deploy HSX RA on Hpe proLient DL360 in the environment. i have never implemented HSX Before.and i have checked the documentation for  the RA installation and network configuration. https://documentation.commvault.com/v11/essential/154258_setting_up_installation_media_for_hyperscale_x_reference_architecture.htmlmy question is is there’s a guild explains step by step the installation starting from configuring the servers, and the HSX imaging ?my blind step is how the image will be installed?dhcp is not enabled.documentation says that u’ll use a windows machine that can connect to the nodes and download the iso from the store then mount the image and start the installation.1 - do i need to mount the iso on each node from the ILO ?2- how the nodes can communicate during the installation as when you start configuring the first node it searchs for the other nodes.  

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Emils
Vaulter
5 hours ago
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Marcin_CFByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

contents on disk Library / Mount Paths

how to from reports or (best) power shell check contents of selected Library / Mount Paths . I know that for particular MP can do that from CS console but i look for automatic way and more on Library level beside MP by MP.

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R
Vaulter
7 hours ago
Pasqual Döhring
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Pasqual DöhringByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Workflow Configuration

Hi all. I have a question regarding the Workflow Configurations (see this post:) In general I know how to use these and they work like a charm. Unfortunately I don’t have any possibility to see the configured values after setting them.E.G. I have a “configuration” with the name “TestConfig” of type String. I can set it to “Whatever” in the properties of the workflow and the workflow will use it. But if I have a look again in the properties it looks as if “TestConfig” is empty and not set.Am I missing something or is there no possibility to look at the configured values?

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Vaulter
8 hours ago
Graham Swift
Vaulter
Graham SwiftVaulter
posted in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Worklows with CommServDBQuery - SQL Injection risk

Hello all, I recently found out something that I missed, docs have been updated at some point, so wanted to share this with you all as well. (https://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/essential/131495_predefined_activities_for_workflows.html)So take the CommServDBQuery predefined Activity. You have an input defined as a client computer group and then want to get a list of clients within the group via this activity type. I have seen many people do this...SELECT c.id, c.displayNameFROM APP_ClientGroupAssoc cg WITH(NOLOCK)INNER JOIN APP_Client c WITH(NOLOCK) ON c.id = cg.clientIdWHERE cg.clientGroupId = xpath:{/workflow/inputs/vmGroup/clientGroupId}Note that the where clause contains the input as a variable.So this is a bad thing! Have a read through the doc link above, you can see that there is a risk that this could be used to inject SQL code into the workflow and do something you did not intend to happen.Instead, change it to below…SELECT c.id, c.displayNameFROM APP_ClientGroupAssoc cg

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Vaulter
8 hours ago
B
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BloopaByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

Visio Stencils

Hello, I am looking for visio stencils and any resources to create HLD and documentations.Do you know where I can download it ?Thanks

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dude
Byte
12 hours ago
T
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Thava_91Bit
asked in Commvault Q&A

I want to configure Daily and monthy backup for File server

Hi Team,I have a question.We have one file server and the server size around 25 TB. We have created 2 backup set for daily and monthly. Because the adhoc monthly full backup takes around 25 days to complete so we want incre data on the time so created another backup set called Adhoc_daily  and run daily on different storage policy. Both are running to Tape library directly. But the incre backup cycle considering old full for reference. So it there any other way to reconfigure this backup. 

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T
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1 day ago
C
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ciusssBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

how works pre/post snap tasks on vmware sublcient backup and how tracks it

Is there a way to launch a task from the media agent to the remote host that I want to take as a vmware backup.I have a Windows media agent like "access node" for Vmware backupsI did a task with putty which does a stop/start of a service on a remote linux host with authentication by ssh key. it works fine from a session on the windows media agent host.I put the path of this task in the pre snap and post snap of the Vmware sub client with the same user/password that I used for the test.When backing up the subclient, nothing happens and I don't see any presnap/postsnap call or task name specified in the backup job logs.1-) is this supposed to work?2-) if so how can I follow the operation?

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Onno van den Berg
Commvault Certified Expert
2 days ago
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JassBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

Issues with Oracle Backup and restore from S3 Compatible Cloud Storage

We are testing Commvault data backup and restore to S3 Compatible Storage. For Oracle, archive log backup is successful whereas restore fails, and in the case of Oracle default sub-client both backup and restore fail. For the restore operation of the archive log:We were unable to find the below-mentioned data files backed up in our object storage even after a successful backup, and we could notice that the GET requests are failing 302 and 303 errors. Error in CommCell : Error Code: [18:183]Description: Failed with Oracle DB/RMAN error [RMAN-03002: failure of restore command at 05/23/2023 07:13:55 RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 11 found to restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 10 found to restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 9 found to restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 8 found to restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of datafile 7 found to restore RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of da

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Onno van den Berg
Commvault Certified Expert
2 days ago
Matthew M. Magbee
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Matthew M. MagbeeSocial Yottabyte
asked in Commvault Q&A

Migration of existing media agents to existing -- different-- commserve

Fun times ahead- I am over having multiple commcells per enviroment. It served its purpose but now with consolidations complete- I am ready to bring everything into a single commcell. So - I have read and used migrating media agent to new hardware documentation many times. Same with commcells-- but now… I am wanting to move the media agent- with all the jobs and clients-- to a new commcell. Would a seperation be the best approach? Is this possible? I am sure the instance has something to do with it -but looking for good examples. Anyone else done this? Thoughts on what you would do different? Lets talk! 

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Matthew M. Magbee
Byte
2 days ago
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Daniel MBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

MediaAgent / Network Proxy Question

Hello, im looking to deploy gateway proxies in order to isolate customer tenants from the mediaagent network. my question is, do the clients need to initiate connections from their end trough the proxy in any way oris a backup job always iniated from commserv  / mediaagent server?Reasoning behind that, is that i could deploy the proxy with NAT without allowing any inbound traffic from the tenants network. i guess for registering client, the client need to iniate the connection, but afterwards? 

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D
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2 days ago
PedroRocha
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PedroRochaByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

How to add new tape drive to existing Tape Library

Hello, What is the correct procedure to add a new tape drive to an existing shared tape library? If I go to the expert storage wizard and hit either detect or exhaustive detection, the new drive is configured as a new library. Never under the existing library.Note that this is SAN library, partitioned, and in the same partition we added the new drive. Regards,Pedro

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PedroRocha
Byte
2 days ago
J
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JNIZByte
asked in Virtualization

Azure Access Node Autoscaling

Hello,I have 2022E version of Commvault server in Azure installed. Then I created a Windows media agent and one Windows Access node (VSA agent). I created a Azure cloud library and a server plan. Then I created an IAM AD application (the traditional authentication way) in Azure and then a hypervisor client in Commvault. Then I followed instructions for autoscaling of the access nodes: https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/128139_auto_scaling_for_azure_access_nodes.htmlI would like to present this functionality to the customer before it will be transferred to production. The configuration seems to be OK, but all test backups are running via the 1st access node I created before. Unfortunately I have only 4 windows VM’s for testing. In the documentation the condittion for creation of next access nodes are:“The Commvault software determines the number of access nodes to create based on the following characteristics: The Recovery Point Objective (RPO) The throughput rate T

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J
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2 days ago
R
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RupaVaulter
asked in Share Commvault best practices

MSSQL Instance Clone

Hello All, My customer would like to know if there is a way to take a backup from the “Instant Clone” feature offered by Commvault . backup of a SQL clone ?https://documentation.commvault.com/v11/essential/144795_instant_clones_for_sql_server.html Thank You.

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R
Vaulter
2 days ago
E
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ETOByte
asked in Virtualization

Failed to Creat Worker Pod

Hi All,I am using Kubernetes Openshift. When Im trying backup some namesapces fails. as the following. THe applications are up and working fine. 

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S
Vaulter
2 days ago
I
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IggyByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

List Media Barcode of Completed Job

Hi,I am looking for a way to return a list with the Barcode (V_XXXX) numbers that was used for a specific job including CHUNK names via API or qscript if possible?I have not been successful in my attempts.Hopefully there is something available.Regards,Ignes 

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I
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2 days ago
S
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Sandy11Byte
asked in Commvault Q&A

Hardware software specifications for OpenVMS acess node?

Hello, What are the hardware/software specifications for setting up access/proxy nodes for OpenVMS backup? Documentation just states it should have filesystem agent installed but no further details are published.

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Emils
Vaulter
3 days ago
A
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Attila MesterBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

Testing HW Object Lock on CEPH with enabled Commvault WORM

As a kind of Ransomware protection test we wanted to see how Commvault backup behaves when someone deletes the bucket content through a backdoor using a S3 browser for example. As the content of the locked bucket is physically still there (just not visible through a delete marker), CV should be able to restore them somehow. CV is also set up as WORM with the right WORM workflow of course.But after deleting the bucket content incl. the commvault backup tree, the CV cloud library goes offline as loosing the mount-path. Question: what would be the right procedure to re-enable commvault to restore the content?

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Damian Andre
Vaulter
3 days ago
E
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Eduardo BragaByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

Deduplication - Converting a Transactional Deduplication Database to a Non-Transactional Deduplication Database Procedure

You can use an SQL QScript to convert a transactional deduplication database (DDB) to a non-transactional DDB. But for which purpose? When do We need that? URL: Converting a Transactional Deduplication Database to a Non-Transactional Deduplication Database Procedure  

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Hyder
Vaulter
3 days ago
S
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SivasBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

Source: uzna01, Process: JobManager Failed to mount the disk media in library

Can some help me above shown title error Source: , Process: JobManager  Failed to mount the disk media in library [_LINUX_Testing] with mount path [/data] on MediaAgent []. Failed to check status of parent directory, media agent cannot access the storage. Make sure that the directory is accessible. Source:  Process: MediaManager

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Hyder
Vaulter
3 days ago
A
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Austin ParkerBit
asked in Storage and Deduplication

Storage utilization per storage policy

Hello all-I’m trying to find a report that will output something that I think is super basic:  list my 5 storage policies, and tell me how much space each one is using.  I already know about the Client Storage Utilization by Storage Policy Copy report, but it shows me the client backup sizes within each policy and I don’t see how to total it very easily or customize it to see what I want. If that report can do it, can someone point me in the right direction to tweak it so I can get the info I’m trying to pull?  Or if someone knows of an easier way, that would be great.  I’ve checked the built-in reports in the console, command center and store.Thanks! 

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A
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3 days ago
B
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BolliniByte
asked in Commvault Q&A

IBM Domino autodiscover in multiple folders

Hello! At this page ther’s a:Configuring Folder Based Auto Discoverymeaning that, every databases under a specific folder, will be backupped using a naming <folder>\**Is it correct using a simple \** to treat the same for every folders under the ‘root’ partition in the Domino instance?Thank you.

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B
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3 days ago
K
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KV singhByte
asked in Virtualization

Virtualize me windows 2019 to Azure

HI ALL,I was trying to restore a windows server to Azure using the virtualize me. I have taken block level backup for source physical windows server. When I initiated the restore, i get below error.  I don’t get any option to define disk size at destination. Below are the option that I have selected while initiating the Virtualize me : Any suggestion from anyone on what I’m missing !!

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K
Byte
3 days ago
Jakub
Bit
JakubBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

How to set Volume level replication in Comcell console ?

How to set up volume replication in Comcell console ? I can do it through command center, but even then I don't see this replication in Comcell. Conversely, the replication set in Comcell is not visible in Command center !?? Why !?  Is this a bug ?  

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Jakub
Bit
3 days ago
V
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VijBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

Updating Mount Path Credentials

While running an Aux copy job receiving below error even after updating the credentials in the “Credential Vault” in control panel. Do we have to update it in any other location  Error Code: [13:138]Description: Error occurred while processing chunk [13495797] in media [V_740039], at the time of error in library [] and mount path [[] ], for storage policy [] copy [] MediaAgent []: Backup Job []. Cannot impersonate user. User credentials provided for disk mount path access may be incorrect.

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Hyder
Vaulter
3 days ago
G
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GlennoBit
asked in Commvault Q&A

Linux agent firewall / SE Linux config?

The Windows client installation creates OS firewalls rules for the client to run and allow communication on ports used by the Commvault services. Does the Linux client installation make any FW changes to Firewalld or to SE Linux to allow the services to run and communicate externally? Are these required manually after installation? 

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SparshGupta
Vaulter
3 days ago

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