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christopherlecky
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christopherleckyByte
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How does one determine how a workflow was called at runtime?

I have a workflow that can be run by hand or called by another workflow.I need to be able to determine how the workflow was called. Does anyone know how to determine this?Thanks.

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christopherlecky
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2 years ago
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christopheByte
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associate plan to computers group in REST API

Hi All,I tried to move 330 client with file system agent from one plan to another one associated with another gridstor.i tried not to do this manually, i have found the REST API PUT plan clients Commvault Rest API - Public that can update associations for one client.it is possible to use this API for a computer group ? Kind regards,Christophe

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
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Jacob.spByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Commvault Workflow Engine Connectors

Hello al, i’m wondering how to add more of these green Squares to a connector for better formating.can you tell me how?Thanks and GreetingsJacob

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Vaulter
2 years ago
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Bjoern_SRZC
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WebServer Errors

I’m trying to get a list of Jobs from the Rest API.It was working stable for a few month and now its not working anymore. Any other query works fine.This is what i found in the WebServer.log:27444 40 10/20 10:09:36 40 backupeagle - Processing [POST] request : /Jobs : Headers :[Content-Type=application/json][Accept=application/json,application/json][Accept-Encoding=gzip,deflate][Expect=100-continue][Host=127.0.0.1:81][Content-Length=156][SkipOldJsonConverter=true][CVRequestRouted=true][MS-ASPNETCORE-TOKEN=a122a259-c6b4-42d5-b3b7-97685bda87aa][X-Original-Proto=http][trace-id=ws87c5dfa042cf][X-Original-For=127.0.0.1:51335] : Parameters : (empty) : AdditionalInfo[ClientIP[127.0.0.1] ConsoleType[Unknown] Operation[CV.WebServer.Controllers.Job.GetJobsListSummary (CVWebControllerJobs)] isTokenSupplied?[True] Username[backupeagle]]27444 26 10/20 10:12:47 26 backupeagle Invoke - POST /Jobs : HTTP code 'OK'35084 252 10/20 10:12:55 ### ### WebServerRoute::HandleRequest - Exception : Th

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
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Lars Berntrop-BosBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Anyone integrating Domino 12 backup with the Commvault REST API?

Hi,We need to use HCL Domino 12 for security updates.  But the Commvault Backup agent for Domino does not support HCL Domino 12.HCL Domino 12 has a new backup integration feature, we plan to leverage this and use the Commvault via REST or Powershell to integrate with Commvault backup.Has anyone experience with integrating with Commvault using the REST API?Is there a product manager I can contact?Would love to here from the community! Lars 

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Bit
1 year ago
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Cbcurry1Byte
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is there a way to get a backup job report that has the backup size using powershell commands ?

Is there a way to create a roport using powershell that includes the backup size. I've tried pulling information but all I see is application size, size on disk etc.  I need to do this for physical and virtual machines. 

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
YYZ
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YYZByte
posted in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Would it be possible: Filtered Associations for an Aux Copy

HiIt would be great if the following was possible:For  a Storage Policy Copy to be able to Filter the Subclient Associations for a Copy by filtering on a ‘name’ (or other parameter) It would allow for fewer storage policies to be created eg a single Storage Policy would allow a Primary a Secondary for example, for all the primary subclients but various other Secondary Copies could be created (aa) Secondary_Copy_Send_to_Worm_Drive (bb) Secondary_Copy_Send_to_Azure (cc) Secondary_Copy_Send_to_AWS and ‘filter’ rules could be used (Even if it was only based on subclient names) as to which subclients can ‘use’ which Secondary Copies  (Yes - this is possible via qoperations, but very messy)

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
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cgrauBit
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Ansible push_servicepack_and_hotfix 101 Response was not success

Hello,I am new to CVPySDK and Ansible.I made successfuly a playbook which installation Agent on Linux machines.Now I try to update agent (push)  from the commcell.I use the push_servicepack_and_hotfix method but it it returns an error 101 Response was not success.How could I have more detail to debug this error ?  TASK [Push Service Packs and Hotfixes] ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: cvpysdk.exception.SDKException: Response was not successfatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634128027.0540986-7125-68037601934166/AnsiballZ_commvault.py\", line 102, in <module>\n    _ansiballz_main()\n  File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1634128027.0

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
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Nick Laflamme II
posted in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
REST API Gaps Collection Point?

What’s the proper way to inform Dev of a REST API call I’d like them to implement? Are CMRs the way to go, or is there a different channel? The reason I hope for a different channel is that my former TAM assured me Dev wants to know what REST API calls we want/need since they’re trying to wean us from calling SQL database tables directly, so I hope they’re showing their support for with with a specific way of asking. (If you’re wondering: I want ways to list subclients that, for example, are of a specific agent type. For that matter, I want a REST API call to show me the agent types in use in a CommCell. Both of these are in support of being to allow users to ask about backups of agent types they support.)

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
3 years ago
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FroiVBit
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Backup automation check for VMs and FS agents

Hi! I was trying to create a script using python for VM and FS clients that are configured on our Commvault software.I’ve used several references (below is a sample) and used the sandbox APIhttps://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/essential/45898_rest_api_get_client_properties.html But, unfortunately, I can’t seem to find a more granular result. Like for example, I’ve used Get /Client/VMPseudoClient API, Get VMBrowse (but unable to find PseudoClientId and inventoryPath) ang Get ClientID (but I am also getting clients that were unlicensed already) but all operations does not give me the information I need. I need to get the VM subclients under active VSA Agent and also FS clients that are currently licensed and being backed up.  Do you guys have any sample that I can refer to? Thanks a bunch! 

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Vaulter
2 years ago
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JurajBit
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Commvault and Powershell scripts - how to obtain information about backup job attempts ?

I had have read all CommVault documentation, made a lot of test/API requests as well, but I did not found way/module/API REST how to get information about Backup Job Attempts (only via reports)... I found curl -X GET "https://server/webconsole/api/Events?jobId=14285647" -H "accept: application/json", but all items are regarding Events Details. And I am still looking for any information about full backups attemps, can you advice me which PS module's part or API request is it ? regards,Juraj

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Vaulter
3 years ago
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Morten LarsenBit
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Bulk move tapes to another library

Hi, Is it possible to bulk move tapes from one library to another? I know it’s possible to right click one tape at a time and select “Options → Move to Library” and then select the new library but it would be nice to be able to do this with more than one tape a time.The reason for this is that we would like to decom an old tape library that we are not using anymore - we have bought a smaller library with just one tape drive so we can restore from all of the tapes used in the old library - but if I de-configure the old library all the tapes will be put in to “Orphaned Media” it would be nice to just have them moved to the new library before de-configuring the old.Maybe it’s just for cosmetics as I guess we can still import a tape (to the new library) that has been moved to “Orphaned Media” and restore the content from it?

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Vaulter
3 years ago
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MaxJamakovicByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
GETStorage Pool PowerShell RestApi

 for me application json works ok but xml is returning, I’m using example from api.commvault],        [            "System.Xml.XmlWhitespace",            "System.Xml.XmlElement",            "System.Xml.XmlWhitespace",            "System.Xml.XmlElement",            "System.Xml.XmlWhitespace"https://api.commvault.com/#89226552-b05f-423f-b951-79d8592a390b  

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
2 years ago
M
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MaxJamakovicByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
PowerShell-RestMethod Environment Setup

I’m using this example PS command from https://api.commvault.com/#432b936c-631e-da74-0678-5626f95dc944 to retrieve QSDK token   I’m getting this error  

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M
Byte
3 years ago
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Bjoern_SRZC
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Rest API: Storage Utilization per Client

Hello Guys,i’m looking for a way to determine how much storage is in use by some of my clients, but i can’t find it.I found the Top 5 biggest servers by using the Command Center Dashboard so the information must be there. Can anyone give me a hint where to look?

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Vaulter
3 years ago
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CraigUBit
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PowerShell Restore-CVSQLDatabase questions

We're running Commserver 11.22.9.I have a couple of quick question regarding the Restore-CVSQLDatabase PowerShell module.The command I'm testing is as follows (with parameters provided by caller)...$RestoreObject = Get-CVSQLDatabase –ClientName $SourceClient -InstanceName $SourceInstance -Name $SourceDBName  |             Restore-CVSQLDatabase -OutofPlace –OverwriteExisting -DestClientName $DestClient -DestInstanceName $DestInstance -DestDatabaseName $DestDBName -DataFilePath $DestDatafilePath -LogFilePath $DestLogFilePath -ForceIs documentation available that covers all available parameters? The doc site does not cover most of the parameters above. Is there a parameter providing for changing the physical datafile name and the physical logfile name? This functionality is available through the CV Command Center.Thanks for any help.

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Chris Hollis
Vaulter
3 years ago
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christopheByte
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API to preview subclient for virtual client

Hi,i’m searching for an REST API to do a preview of a subclient (vmware) when a vmware tag or folder are added to the content configuration.When executing the API GET {{ServerUrl}}/v2/vsa/vmgroups/15521the result is :"planEntity": {},            "content": {                "children": [                    {                        "equalsOrNotEquals": true,                        "displayName": "OFF",                        "allOrAnyChildren": true,                        "type": 5,                        "path": "OFF",                        "name": "/Nd1/host/OFF"                    } even with the vmware tag *OFF* i get nothing.i would like to have the list of VM like the preview option.Please adviceKind regards,Christophe

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C
Byte
3 years ago
T
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TheseekerByte
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how to automate items listed in file browse

how to automate items listed in file browse at the moment we have a tapeout process which puts some imoprtant files to tape every month end; when a new file is added; we have to manually verify what files went into the job by manually browsing the items; If there a way to run some sort of api/script to get this information on an excel sheet.  Idea is to automate this check; rather than having to check 10 different jobs and see what files are in the tape via browse option; I want to run an api to get the list of files that were in the tape job

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Vaulter
3 years ago
S
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SHASHAByte
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Increasing priority of previous week jobs using qcommands/scripts

Hi Team,Is there any qcommands/scripts available to automatically raise the priority of the ndmp jobs of a filer?We have around 470 volumes that are being backed up for a site which are mostly long running backups. The schedule kicks in on every Tuesday and Friday and our operations team has to ensure that the previous week jobs complete before the new jobs kick in. In this case, they have to manually sort the jobs from previous week and increase the priority.Is there any way this can be automated or a workflow can be created to identify the previous weeks job for that filer and increase the priority? 

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Sunil
Vaulter
3 years ago
Juergen
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JuergenByte
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Rename a clientname via API

Hello,I want to rename a client via API, but it doesn’t want to work, I use following:http://testcommcell.xxx.com:81/SearchSvc/CVWebService.svc/Client/<ClientID>XML file looks like :<association>    <entity>      <clientName> "<cname>" </clientName>    </entity>  </association>  <clientProperties>      <clientEntity>        <clientName> "<cname>_decom_07.10.2021" </clientName>      </clientEntity>  </clientProperties></App_SetClientPropertiesRequest>error : <Api_GenericResp errorMessage="Failed to set Client properties." errorCode="1" />Environment: V11SP20.55Any idea what I do wrong?regards Juergen

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K
Vaulter
3 years ago
George
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GeorgeByte
posted in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Alert Qualification - How can I have qualifiers on alerts?

Where are these alert settings adjusted in the Web-GUI Command Console and Java-GUI CommCell? (URL or screenshot) Can you provide a link to the books online documentation describing alert thresholds? I have similar concerns. The anomaly thresholds seem to be calculated in a dynamic, ever-changing way and so therefore are always triggering the alert. Notice in the example above, the alert is being set even though the backup is only 26 minutes longer. Hardly qualifies as an alert! I mean, come on! We have backups that vary in size and copy duration due to incremental changed data caused by the end user. The amount of data just is variable. The alert “Delay Reason” is blank. That’s a sign right there that this is not an error.Can I engage some logic to suppress this specific type of alert if the delay reason is blank and the running time is no longer than 100% more than the statistical average for this job over the last 3 months? 

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George
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3 years ago
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Vaulter
MNRunner
published in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
“sqladmin_cv and sqlexec_cv” accounts password change workflow

Does your organization have a mandatory password change policy and Commvault SQL accounts (sqladmin_cv and sqlexec_cv) are not in an exception? No worries. We have you covered. We now have “Refresh Commserve Database Access Key” workflow  available in your Commserve and it can be scheduled to change passwords of these accounts.  Happy meeting your security/audit requirements.  Have fun. 

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Erase4ndReuseMedia
Byte
3 months ago
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Byte
BenjisByte
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
QScript failure both locally and via API

Hi All, Qscript in the link here started to fail randomly since yesterday for me..in both of our commcells..Could not understand why I have this issue, for fun sake I tried to copy paste from CV’s documentation, from -help section of qcommand - maybe after 5 months of succesfull everyday use somehow script decided for himself to mistype the command...lol - laughing through tears here when example in -help section in itself is faulty :) Same goes for API call, response code is ‘200’ - but in the response is one of CV generic resp codes, which is ‘2’.  def get_commvault_clients(self): """This method returns all servers with backups in past 24 hours from DK1 and DK2 commcells""" job_history = [] for api in self.api_url: jobs_request = api["url"] + "ExecuteQCommand" jobs_response = requests.post( jobs_request, headers=api["headers"], timeout=3600, data="command=qoperation execscript -s

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Mike Struening
Vaulter
3 years ago
A
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AECI DBABit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Issue with RESTORE-CVSQLDATABASE -OutofPlace

I’m trying to script a process to automate my restore testing of SQL Server database backups from Commvault.  The process will one-by-one restore each production database from all of my production servers to a utility server where I can run checkdb and other validation processes against the database and log the results.  I’m doing this all through powershell and using the Commvault powershell module RESTORE-CVSQLDATABASE to do the restore with the -OutofPlace flag and the other needed paramaters to tell it where to restore. So far it works fine as long as the original database data file directory and log file directories match my utility server.  Not so fine when they don’t.  It will throw an error in Commvault saying that it cannot find the datafile directory (H:\MSSQL\Data…..etc).  Of course there is no H drive on my utility server but that should be taken care of with the -DataFilePath "E:\MSSQL\Data" -LogFilePath "F:\MSSQL\Log" parameters I’ve passed in right?  Here’s the actual sy

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D
Bit
1 year ago
P
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prudhviBit
asked in Developer Tools, Integration and Automation
Qcommand to get install directory on a client or mediaagent

Qcommand to get install directory on a client or mediaagent

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Vaulter
3 years ago

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