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httpsClient Activity in Workflow Port Usage

We are using a Workflow to monitor Mailboxbackups but it stopped working after Securing the Webserver and using different Ports (HTTPS for example 445, not 443 is used). The issue seems like that a wrong Port is used by a Activity. AbstractHttpClientActivity: [client jobs (HttpClient_ClientJobs)] failed to read response from url [http://COMMSERVENAME.domain.xyz:81/SearchSvc/CVWebService.svc/Job?clientId=1202&completedJobLookupTime=86400]org.apache.http.conn.HttpHostConnectException: Connect to COMMSERVENAME.domain.xyz:81 [COMMSERVENAME.domain.xyz/XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX, COMMSERVENAME.domain.xyz/0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1] failed: Connection refused: connectCaused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect As documentated this HttpClient Activtiy is part of the Workflow HttpClient Sends HTTP requests to access REST APIs or other web services. The response retrieved from these web services are later used within the Workflow. The following inputs are required: Method The HTTP method to be u

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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 : The remote

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Mike Struening
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nerdgirlBit
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Install Windows Updates workflow -Media Agents (?)

Can the “Install Windows Updates” workflow be used to “properly” install updates on CV Media Agents? I know it *can* -- because ‘Media Agents’ are a client group that I can select in the workflow. My question is more along the lines of “does the workflow handle Media Agents properly” -- as in stopping all the services and making sure SIDB/SIDB2 processes are stopped, putting the MA into Maintenance mode (so as to avoid alerts), etc, etc. We’re using WSUS to push updates and are basically gonna have to write batch/powershell scripts to stop services and make sure SIDB(2) is not running…. but if the workflow can do that for us, then that would be freaking awesome :)

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AbdouBit
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Workflow or report to list scratch tapes on library/outside library

Hi all, I am looking for a way to automate tape changes, and I’m trying to find a report/workflow that can list all scratch/full tapes in a library, alongside with scratch media that are exported. I am already testing some workflows, but the main problem is that I cannot find the correct operation to list the tapes in a specific Media group or in a specific library. I searched on the documentation as well but couldn’t find it, does someone alredy know the correct operation that I need to perform? Hope you can understand my writing. Thank you all in advance.

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Hongmo KimVaulter
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Regarding REST API support

Hi Everyone, IHAC who is about to consider our product to develop the backup service portal using REST API. This customer is a Cloud Service Provider and wants to to integrate CVLT backup with their existing service. So they’re asking us several questions. - Is there a dedicated internal team/person for REST API support service? : paid or free? - For feature/function doesn’t have sample? : CVLT provides lots of sample codes for use but what should we do if some feature/API doesn’t have a sample? - Technical support plan for REST API : If customer encounters errors how can customer be supported? (open a ticket as usual way or another?) And kindly let me know who can i reach out to about REST API relevant query. Thanks.

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christopherlecky
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christopherleckyByte
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Workflow: What is the difference between the endusersession and workflowend activity?

Pretty straightforward question, I have a number of workflows that I have inherited and some end with enduser session, rather than workflow end. thanks for any help.

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drPhilByte
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Workflow - how to change initiating user

Hi there, I have a simple question. How to change "Initiating user" for a workflow. I am digging through the documentation without success. Do you know it from the top of your head? Cheers!

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YYZByte
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Would it be possible: Filtered Associations for an Aux Copy

Hi It 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
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thomas.SByte
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Report Client Monthly Growth report change from Monthly to Daily.

Is it possible to set the Client Monthly Growth Report to update the data not only monthly but daily ?Somewhere there should be a schedule, which is set to monthly transfer of the data. with kind regards Thomas

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Sean Crifasi
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katmanBit
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user authentication in workflow

I want to user authentication when sending mail in Workflow. how can i set?

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christopherlecky
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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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MaxJamakovicByte
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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
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Henke
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HenkeByte
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CCM-ClientByStoragePolicy WORKFLOW

Just to verify.The subjected workflow only exports settings for a stg policy but no action is done on the source commcell. Hence all backups etc.continues to work as before?//Henke

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Mike Struening
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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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Lynn KearnsBit
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Is there a way to run a full Backup that only captures files modified or created during a certain time period?

Good morning. Our SQL administrators save their DB’s via a tool to produce flatfile backups to a share. We then backup that share using CV. I am wondering if there isn’t a canned script or set of regular expression “filters” we can have CV use to only grab the files that have been created or modified during a certain amount of time, say 72 hours for an example. That way when we run a full, or synthetic full, against that share our capacity license impact will be reduced.

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Abdul WajidByte
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DependsOn field for Backup Task RESTAPI

Hello With Indexing v1 VSA clients, we cannot run multiple backup jobs on the same VMGroup. Is there a way that we can submit multiple backup jobs at the same time and each starts as soon as the other finishes. Maybe through RESTAPI? I tried looking at the BackupTask template but there is no field where we can specify DependsOn kind of field. Once one of the backup job is submitted the subsequent submissions can have this field and get triggered as soon as first job finishes. Is there any other way we can achieve this? Thanks

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BenjisByte
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API on client details

Hi All, I would like to ask for some better ideas than mine.. In particular I need information if client has it’s backup activity enabled/disabled on client level and if so, collect it’s commcell name as we have 2 commcells in our environment. Also, client shouldn’t be deleted (greyed out in Java GUI). Here is the snippet of code to get the general idea for what I need. def check_config_on_client_level(self, cloud_vms): """This method will check if disabled for backups in cloud2 vm has backup enabled on client level in commvault""" bad_client_level_config_vms = [] for api in self.cs_url: api['headers']['Content-Type'] = 'application/json' for vm in cloud_vms: request = api['url'] + f"Client/byName(clientName='{vm['vm_name']}')" response = requests.get(request, headers=api['headers']) if response.status_code == 200: client_details = response.json() for vm_client_properties in client_details['clientProperties']: if not vm_client_properties['clientProps']['IsDeletedClient']: if vm_client_

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Mike Struening
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NoobvaultByte
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Issues connecting to api explorer

Hello So I am trying to access the api explorer. I have tried clicking the link in the command center however all I get is a certificate error and a white screen. I can however access the sandbox just fine. Any ideas as to what the issue may be? And could this be why I am unable to get a authentication token from the api? When running the python script for authentication it returns with login failed. I am master and system admin so there should not be any permissions missing regarding my user. Hopefully someone has any ideas Thanks.

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Scott Moseman
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Juergen
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JuergenByte
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REST API SSL certification issue

Hello, When I access the REST API via http://<<server>>:81/SearchSvc/CVWebService.svc/ it is working with all API commands, now I started to use REST API reports, like: http://<<server>>:81//webconsole/api/crreportsplusengine/datasets/ now I get a SSL error ssl.SSLError: [SSL: WRONG_VERSION_NUMBER] wrong version number (_ssl.c:1129) I send my requests via python 3.9 with ”requests.get(service, headers=headers)” commvault version 11.20.55 any idea what is going wrong? thanks regards Jürgen

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Juergen
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JuergenByte
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Last good job of subclient via REST API

Hello, I need for a automation project get the last successful backup job of a subclient. I found last job of a client, but when we have SQL server with some instances the list of jobs are very long and exceed the limit 10000 as the list is not from newest to oldest, so I need all jobs to find the last JOB number. Any ID how I can get simply the last jobid of subclient? we have commcell with 11.20.55 running thanks for any help. regards Juergen

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MFasulo
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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 API https://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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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
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Jacob.spByte
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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 Greetings Jacob

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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-1634128027.0540986-712

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Mike Struening
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Nick Laflamme II
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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
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