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dorotaByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Continuous Data Replication (CDR) and Network Topology

  Hi,is it possible to run continuous data replication (CDR) using the Network Topology functionality? The point is that the source and destination servers are in different network segments and do not communicate with each other - but both communicate with MediaAgent. Is it possible to setup such configuration to perform replication using gateway (MediaAgent)?  Regards Dorothy  

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Damian Andre
Vaulter
2 hours ago
R
Byte
RandomCustomerByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

API to launch VM backup job

I am trying to launch VM backup via API but the api is not returning anything and there is no log in webserver.log.url = "https://commandcenterhostname/commandcenter/api/v2/vsa/vm/{{GUID}}/backup?backupLevel=FULL" import requestsurl = "https://commandcenterhostname/commandcenter/api/v2/vsa/vm/503RF3C6-03BC-24M9-7MVV-3833433C96AB/backup?backupLevel=FULL"payload={}headers = { 'Accept': 'application/json', 'Authtoken': '**Token**'}response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload,verify=False)print(response.text)There is no return code or output from running the api. 

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C
Vaulter
8 hours ago
A
Bit
AleAleBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

How can I force discovery my postgresql instance from api or cvpysdk in python cvpysdk ?

Hi,i conosle I can click Discover Instance: But I must do the same from api or cvpysdk ?Perhaps, Can I do the same for agent (host with postgresql (linux)) ?brK

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A
Bit
14 hours ago
R
Byte
RandomCustomerByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Delete manually added VMs from content via api

I have used the apis to retire and delete the VMs but since the VMs are added everytime manually in the subclient, I would like to use the API to remove it from the content as well. I used the below mentioned API and it deletes the complete content. I just want one VM to be removed.import requestsurl = "https://commandcenterhostname/commandcenter/api/Subclient/100/content"payload = json.dumps({  "children": [    {      "allOrAnyChildren": True,      "displayName": "test",      "equalsOrNotEquals": True,      "name": "503a1c32-6616-10ds-k9l8-130535306451",      "path": ""    }  ]})headers = {  'Content-Type': 'application/json',  'Authorization': '*token*'}response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload, verify=False)print(response.text)  

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R
Byte
17 hours ago
R
Byte
RandomCustomerByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Need to delete the VMs from content as well as it reappears

I need the api to get the contents of the of the subclient and then remove/delete it from the content itself. 

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R
Byte
3 days ago
A
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Alexey TesovBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Removing client from subclient (not working) and commands execution log

Hello,I am trying to remove a client from subclient (PowerShell), and it works in most of cases, however I came across with a strange case when automation just does not work, for no reason (the target client stays in the subclient)I tried to use both methods I know:Remove-CVVirtualMachine and qoperation executeboth with “error code: 0” on exit 😐Also, I would deeply appreciate if anyone share the info under witch module in “process manager > logging” commands execution log can be found

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A
Bit
4 days ago
J
Bit
Jacob.spBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Delete VMDisk Filter doesnt work

Hello,does anyone know how to delete Disk Filters on a Hyper-V Subclient via qcommand? Add works, modify works but delete doestn do anything to the filters. Im Using this XML: documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/files/products/vs_vmware/command_line_xml/update_disk_filters_template.xmlAnd the job is running (any spelling error results in pending jobs) but nothing happens to the filters.XML Parameters for Microsoft Hyper-V Backup Set Configuration (commvault.com)In the xml i’m just swapping “ADD” to “DELETE” and this entry should have been removed. Thanks for help and regardsJacob

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K
Vaulter
4 days ago
Richard Kent
Bit
Richard KentBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Chain Schedule Jobs

Hi,I have several NDMP jobs that I need to run but due to the hardware having a 16 NDMP connection limit, I need to allow each schedules jobs to complete before initiating the next schedule.I am aware that a workflow may be the solution but wondered if anyone had any templates or guides to create the workflow as I am at a loss with the Workflow designer.The schedule has 15 sub-clients in each and all 15 need to complete before the next schedule should run to ensure the hardware limit is not hit. Appreciate any help or guidance/ Many thanks,Rich. 

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Richard Kent
Bit
6 days ago
H
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Heemansu GehlotBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Which status we can attempt to retry job via API.

Which status we can attempt to retry the job via API. I have gone through the below link but I don't see any retry job for the respective status. Can I know for which status I can send an API request for retrying or re-starting the job?  link https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/job_status_descriptions.html#changes-on-job-status 

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J
Vaulter
6 days ago
T
Byte
tonytonyByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

REST API to check liveSync last replication time

Is there a way to check the last replication time of the CommServe LiveSync? Or any other way to ensure that the CommServe LiveSync works fine via REST API (or Qcommand)?

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T
Byte
11 days ago
R
Byte
RandomCustomerByte
posted in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

I don't see the option to take down a post from community forum

I have mistakenly added some data that shouldn’t be there and I would like to take down my post. But I don’t see any option to delete my post. Kindly help!

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R
Byte
21 days ago
R
Byte
Rahul NairByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Create multiple datasource table Group wise in horizontal table with total count

Hi Team, I am trying to prepare a custom report in which i want to have a Dataset which should give the output in horizontal tabular format. below is the sample screenshot which should be in horizontal. Basically i want to have horizontal table for each group showing job history count in similar below format. In single report there wll be multiple table with different groups. We dont want to have input. Something similar to below query for example:Select ABC group from XYZ Commcell showing job history with “xyz” fields for last 1 month. 

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R
Byte
21 days ago
M
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MikeDRGBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

REST API Call to get all devices which are currently backed up

Hello everyone,I’m quite new to Commvault and only the “secondary admin” but the API guy in the team. We’re running Commvault 11.32.45 in a local VM and have several media agents across our datacenters (no cloud anywhere).I want to get all the devices which are backed up with any job right now. I don’t care if it’s a VM or a physical machine, a database server or a file server. All I need is the device name and maybe the backup job backing up the device.I want to use this information to request details per device from our central DCIM (Netbox) and create a simple list of devices + details.I managed to get clients and subclients via the api but it’s very confusing. There seem to be several apis and several documentations for them.What’s the currently recommended API in general? webconsole, commandcenter, WebServerCore, CVWebService.svc? Which documentation should I follow? documentation.commvault.com, api-next.commvault.com, one I didn’t find yet? Is there a straight forward way to get

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H
Vaulter
25 days ago
C
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Chaturvedi2809Bit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Automate daily/weekly repetitive tasks like latest backup status, rerun the failure after troubleshooting.

Hi Techies,Greetings !Is there any possibility that we can automate daily/weekly repetitive tasks and reduced manual efforts.Here are the few examples:→ Latest backup status information from client or other team members on tickets.→ Virtual Server removal tasks before decommissions request.→ Agent uninstallation and license removal of clients after site decommission.→ Manual retention extension tasks to retain backup till specific date.Here I want to reduce manual efforts and time, please share some ideas to achieve this. Thak you ! 

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B
Vaulter
1 month ago
R
Byte
RandomCustomerByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Running commvault APIs from a jump server instead of commvault server

Hi Team, I have written a script that would delete the decommissioned VMs from the commvault. I have 2 questions.As of now my script takes the client id manually to delete the VM. I would want Commvault to detect the decommissioned VM and delete it. Please guide me on how can I add auto detect of decommissioned VMs on my script.  I have to integrate Morpheus API and Commvault API and execute the script from the Jump server from where Morpheus is accessible. As of now, Commvault APIs are running only from Commvault server. How to do this ?

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J
Vaulter
1 month ago
T
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Tai NguyenBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Hardware Refresh - Replace MediaAgent (app) - Commvault version. (11.28.91)

Hi Support TeamHas anyone encountered and resolved an issue where, after replacing a MediaAgent using the app, the new MediaAgent does not appear in the Storage Policy's primary copy? I'm unsure how to fix this and add the new MediaAgent to the primary copy. (The Jobs for replace mediagent showing all completed)Best RegardsTai Nguyen

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T
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1 month ago
N
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NeerajBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Disable backup activity for VM for a specifc subclient

I have a situation here, after migration from 11.28.72 to 11.32.45, VM which were added using VM rules using VM tags appeared in different subclient of a Vcenter virtual server and it is impacting SLA since now the VM tag issue is resolved and backup in running under one subclient. Now i need to disable backup activity for the client for other subclient except the original subclientcurrently the VM is appearing in only ine subclient of the vcenter virtual server which is JPAWP, and the VM is not available or not showing under any other subclient. But when we check individual VM , it shows multiple backupset/subclient and it is impacting the SLA. Now i need to disable the backup activity for the VM, for specifc backupset/subclient. Do not disable backup activity on client level because the VM is curently backing up in its original subclient.Now i need to disable backup activity for the VM for all the subclient except the orignal subclient which is JPAWP here.I am creating workflow to ac

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christopherlecky
Byte
1 month ago
P
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Prashant MallBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

API Endpoint to GET Storage Policy

Hey,Which API endpoint to use to get Storage Policy for a client? My requirement is to get Storage Policy for all clients, preferably without querying for each client individually. For VM client, I can use the /VM endpoint which lists all the VM with their Storage Policy. I need help with FS clients. Thank You.

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christopherlecky
Byte
1 month ago
chrisknows
Byte
chrisknowsByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

is there an api equivalent of "create vm client"?

What this does is a discovery on a hypervisor sub client and creates a vm pseudo client for any discovered virtual machines.The functionality is outlined here:https://documentation.commvault.com/11.26/expert/104558_creating_vm_clients_before_performing_backup_operations.html In practice it looks like this.   Thanks!Chris

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christopherlecky
Byte
1 month ago
P
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Prashant MallBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

How to know when a failover happened and to which node using REST API?

Hey! I am developing automation scrips using Commvault APIs for my team. I know the names of primary commserve which I use, BUT whenever a failover happens my API calls of course don’t work as there is no web service active on the primary commserve.  Is there a way to know which node the failover happened to using just the APIs? And also get the list of all failover nodes?  

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A
Vaulter
1 month ago
M
Byte
Michael SeickertByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Restore SQL database to Availability Group

via Command Center it is not possible to restore a SQL-database “in place” to an availability group. Does anybody have a workflow or Powershell-Script that can remove the database from the availability group before the restore … and back to the availability group after the restore? Any help is very much appreciated. Best regards. Michael

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M
Byte
1 month ago
P
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Prashant MallBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

GET description of client in /Client

Hey,I am getting all clients and basic details with /Client endpoint. Is there a way I can also get the client description without making individual API calls for each client?  Thank You.

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christopherlecky
Byte
1 month ago
R
Byte
Rahul NairByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

Need to use object from two List as different parameters inside For Each Loop

Hi Team, I have two different lists with names in it. I want to use each value from both the list inside for each how that can be done in workflow? <App_SetClientPropertiesRequest>    <association>        <entity>            <clientName>xpath:{/workflow/ForEach_1/OldName}</clientName>            <newName>xpath:{/workflow/variables/new_name}</newName>        </entity>    </association>    <clientProperties>        <client>            <clientEntity>                <clientName>xpath:{/workflow/ForEach_1/OldName}</clientName>            </clientEntity>        </client>    </clientProperties></App_SetClientPropertiesRequest> xpath:{/workflow/variables/new_name} has a list of names which is not working, everytim it is taking same object it also should work as ForEach value which can be used, any idea or suggestion

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christopherlecky
Byte
1 month ago
N
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NeerajBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

creating SP_GDSP as a global non-deduplication policy using worklow

Creating a Global Non-Deduplication Enabled Storage PolicyOnce you create a global non-deduplication policy, you can use it to enable global non-deduplication for any storage policy.Download the SP_creation.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed. Before running the command, review the Available Parameters for Storage Policy Configuration. Execute the following command from the software_installation_directory**/Base folder after substituting the parameter values. qoperation execute -af <downloaded location>\sp_copycreation.xml -storagePolicyName 'xxxxx' useGlobalStoragePolicy 1 -useGlobalPolicy/storagePolicyName "xxxxx" -retainArchiverDataForDays xx -retainBackupDataForCycles xx -retainBackupDataForDays xx -copyName 'xxxxx'       For example, to create a global non-deduplication enabled storage policy, with name SP1, that is using SP_GDSP as a global non-deduplication policy, execute following command: Here it is creating a stroge policy using

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S
Vaulter
1 month ago
N
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NeerajBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation

send response back to vra/vro at the end of calling the workflow throught REST API call

I have created a workflow to configure Azure NetApp NAS Storage Backupnow i am calling this workflow from VRA/VRO through REST API , VRA/VRo teams wants more details on response after executing the workflow with the success staus of the client configurationAs of now VRA/VRO receives on the workflow execution job ID, after rest api call.  VRA admin needs to have more details send back to VRA as response , like the workflow execution staus, client creation status. How i can achieve this ?  

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N
Bit
1 month ago

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