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christopherlecky
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christopherleckyByte
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httpclient activity not passing header value

Here is the form activity.  Now here is the logs…SetActivityInputs: starting activity with inputs [<inputs><request><method>POST</method><postType>Form</postType><postContent /><postContentType>application/json; charset=UTF-8</postContentType><headers><name>Accept</name><value>application/json</value></headers><headers><name>Authorization</name><value /></headers></request></inputs>]As you can see the value for authorization is empty. The variable is set, but no matter what I do it refuses to honor it.

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Graham Swift
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1 hour ago
chrisknows
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chrisknowsByte
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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
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2 hours ago
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Michael.BByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Workflow - CommServDBQuery cannot use temp tables?

HiDoes anyone know if there are any restrictions in the workflow engine regarding the use of temporary tables in the CommservDBQuery activity? In the SSMS the query works fine.  When I run the above SQL query in the debug mode, I don’t get any output: I also tried to use a table as variable, which did not work either.The workflow engine runs on a dedicated server. Could this cause the issue? Thanks for your inputsMichael

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M
Byte
14 hours ago
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Sprint955STBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Kick off a VM backup at various non-scheduled times

We have a scenario where the following occurs, managed by a popular scheduling application on a server somewhere1 - Scheduling app logs in to the application server (VM) active node and stops <application_service>2 - Scheduling app kicks off maintenance tasks take place on the Active Node  with the application stopped3 - Scheduling app runs PS Script to tell Commvault via our CV “API Server” home brew with Web Console and other components installed to take VM backup of the app Active node with services stopped4 - once backup done, sends result back to PS script and if 0 (success) then the script restarts the application service on the active nodeProblem - This is all unnecessarily complicated by the presence of the ‘homebrew CV API server’ which was built and has no docs.I need a better, aka simpler, way. If the VM subclient cold run pre-post scripts, perfect, but it cannot.  Any suggestions please? With details. Thanks

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S
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2 days ago
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Jonathan NABICABit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Module Powershell functionality

I would like use these commandEnable-CVSchedulePolicy -ClientName <String> -SubclientName <String>Disable-CVSchedulePolicy -ClientName <String> -SubclientName <String>But i have a small problem with thatThe primary function sought is to deactivate or dissociate a client's policy.In each policy I have several clients.I therefore need to do that only on one or a list of clients and not on the entire policyis it possible to refine the powershell command in this direction ??

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N
Vaulter
2 days ago
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RobAbateByte
posted in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Metrics Server to report on NetBackup jobs?

I was wondering if anyone out there may have ever tried to configure a Netbackup server as a Data Source for Metrics Reporting?Could it be possible to make this work so that we could report on other backup tools from within Commvault?We’re an MSP and looking for a way to report on all of our backup products from one place without having to fully build a solution in-house.

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Damian Andre
Vaulter
3 days ago
Pasqual Döhring
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Pasqual DöhringByte
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Workflow: Create PopupInput with Java?

Hi community. I would like to know how I can dynamically create a PopupInput with java code. Example use case: At first I fill a variable (list) with values (e.g. from a db query). Let’s assume the value of this variable is: Value1, Value2, Value3. Now I need to ask the for information for each single value with a PopupInput like in the screenshot below.   I would guess that I need to start like this:import commvault.cte.workflow.dom.WorkflowElement;WorkflowElement PopupInput = WorkflowElement.parse(... But honestly I have no idea how to continue from here on. Best regardsPasqual

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Pasqual Döhring
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10 days ago
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dgzagm4q4cvBit
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How to use Powershell to Disable Subclient?

Hello All.  I’m attempting to write a script to disable a subclient.  We have hundreds that we don’t require the backup of the File System, so I’d like to disable them.I can find information about the subclient...Get-CVSubclient -ClientName qct0bjsql01 | Where-Object { $_.appName -eq "File System" }clientName    : qct0bjsql01instanceName  : DefaultInstanceNamedisplayName   : qct0bjsql01backupsetId   : 2068_type_        : 7commCellName  : cvt0comsrv01instanceId    : 1csGUID        : xxxxxsubclientGUID : xxxxxsubclientId   : 4777clientId      : 5087appName       : File SystembackupsetName : defaultBackupSetapplicationId : 33subclientName : defaultentityInfo    : @{companyId=0; companyName=Commcell} However when I attempt to disable the subclient with this command it fails.Disable-CVBackupSubclient -SubclientId 4777Disable-CVBackupSubclient : Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined.At line:1 char:1+ Disable-CVBackupSubclient -SubclientId 4777+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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R
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13 days ago
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mchaussoyBit
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Status of IndexCache using CLI/RestAPI/ ... is there a way to get it ?

Hello,I’m looking a manner to get the IndexCache status using Command Line or RestAPI or qscript, qcommand … in order to automate  some maintenance tasksCommvault version is 11.28.

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M
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20 days ago
Pasqual Döhring
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Pasqual DöhringByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Workflow: Can I create a dynamic WizardBlock?

Hi community. I would like to create a dynamic WizardBlock that iterates over a list and displays PopupInputs for all the entries in the list. I tried it already like in the picture below. Unfortunately this just puts every PopupInput after the other but without the “back” and “next” buttons. It is completely ignoring the WizardBlock. The same apllies to a modified version where I put the WizardBlock inside the ForEach loop.  Any ideas if and how I could achieve my goal? I would even go with a solution created dynamically by java code if there is no other option. But I also cannot figure out how I would do that. Best regardsPasqual

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Y
Vaulter
20 days ago
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lradzki
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Workflow for pushing network configuration to client

Hello,I need to create a workflow that performs push network configuration to the client. Do any of you have such a workflow and could share it with me, or is anyone able to direct me how to do this? Thank you very much in advance for your help! 

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21 days ago
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InfogeranceN2sauvegardeBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Labeliser / formater une bande

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,Ayant des copy allant sur bandes, je dois prouver à certains client que les données ne sont plus accessibles à la fin des rétentions, pour moi un simple delete contents / delete ne suffit pas à rendre les données inaccessible sur la bande mais permet juste à commvault de ne plus y avoir acces.Donc nous ne rentrons pas dans le cadre legal de la règlementation sur la gestion des données. Tant que la bande n est pas formater ou qu’un nouveau label n’est pas positionné, il est toujours possible d’accéder aux données sur cette dernière via des outils tierce.  Quelqu’un a-t-il un ptit tips pour effectuer ces actions via une qcommande ou via l’API.Merci d avance

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23 days ago
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G2TByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

/webconsole/api/v2/MediaAgents status and offlineReason codes

The GET V2 MediaAgents API has some numeral codes for offlineReason and Status which seem to reflect some different senarios.  I have seen 0, 1, 2, and 5.  Usually there is documentation coving these things but I not finding it in the online documentation.  Do we have a link to this info?{            "offlineReason": 0,            "description": "",            "status": 1,            "mediaAgent": {                "mediaAgentId": 2,                "_type_": 11,                "displayName": "dm2perf3",                "mediaAgentName": "dm2perf3"            },            "osInfo": {                "osId": 210,                "OsDisplayInfo": {                    "OSName": "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter"                }            },            "versionInfo": {                "UpdateStatus": 0,                "GalaxyBuildNumber": "11",                "GalaxyRelease": {                    "ReleaseString": "11 SP17",                    "_type_": 58,                    "ReleaseID": 16    

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M
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24 days ago
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Jacob.spBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

how to work with List arays and for each

Hello Community, im wondering how to work with list(string) together with for each.My customer needs to fill in a form with all the clients he needs into a multiline field like this. how does the foreach activity goes to every line from the list?Thats not how it works:  thanks a lot and regardsJacob

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J
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1 month ago
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rasBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

cvpysdk - Error connecting to Commcell

Hi,I am trying to to explorer automating our Commcell environment. Unfortunately I encountered and error connecting to commcell. I would like to inquiry the error when connecting to commserve using cvpysdk python library. Below is the error.   Error when connecting to commserv using hostname. but i can ping the hostname from the server.  If something is blocking, is there a required port to open to be able to connect successfully?

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Vaulter
1 month ago
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Pedro LagesByte
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Python - List file

Hello, I need your help to understand how to do a browse through files with python. The ArchiveSet=MyArchiveSet1A have 14day retention period.We want to preserve diferent versions of the same file. When we run backup on a file the previous version is replaced by the new one...When browsing the Backupset = MyArchiveSet1A we only get the last versions of the files.How to preserve multiple versions of the same file in the Archiveset ? We are using Commvault 11.30 #### _f2bk - full path of the file to backup# _d2bk - path to browsectx = Commcell('spfpt01cmv01','USER','PASSWD')client = ctx.clients.get(_client)agent = client.agents.get('File System')yn = agent.backupsets.has_backupset('MyArchiveSet1A')if yn:  print("### Exist ###")  backupset = agent.backupsets.get('MyArchiveSet1A')subclient = backupset.subclients.get('default')subclient.content = [_f2bk]subclient.enable_backup()job_backup = subclient.backup(backup_level='Full')stt=job_backup.statuswhile stt == 'Running':  print("Backup stat

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1 month ago
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DUO-CSRBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Change/remove SQL Impersonate Users via API or PowerShell modules

Friends, I try to find a way to automate the sql61props via Rest API or Powershell modules. Does anyone has experience with this? My goal is to remove the MSSQL Credentials (Impersonate Users) or replace by dummy and to disable overrideHigherLevelSettings per Client as this is now managed at Server Group. I tried to use Get-CVClient, update $_.pseudoClientInfo.idaInfo.sql61Prop as how I want to have it and post this via Set-CVClient. The answer is that it is successful, but nothing is changed. I also tried to update the settings directly via Submit-CVRESTRequest with the result; answer like succesful, but nothing done. I was looking at sending an XML to send the update, but I can’t find the parameters. Can anyone help me with this?Thanks in advance,Maurice

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Vaulter
1 month ago
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alligatorByte
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

qcommand / API to Power On the MediaAgent

I would like to know if there is any qcommand/ API to power on the Media agent   

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M
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1 month ago
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Michal AntosBit
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VM Backup and restore workflow

Hello,I am trying to create workflow for VM backup and restore.I have used predefined workflow Demo_FileSystemBackupRestore and tried to modify it for VM.Everything goes fine until it gets to restore phase where I get Error 0x303: Q_VIRTUAL_SERVER iDataAgent is not supported by this command.Thanks for any suggestions,Michal

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M
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1 month ago
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J-RodBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Instance Enable

I am monitoring the subclients. I see the “enableBackup” in the api for the subclients but notice the job does not run when the instance is not enabled which I can detect visually from the UI but do not see an attribute in the Instance or InstanceProperties API. Is there attribute for the instance enabledBackup?  

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1 month ago
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chelydridaeBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Postgres Backup and restore workflow

I would like having a workflow for backing up Postgresql databases and restore a subset to another Postgresql client and instance by using DumpBasedBackupSet.So I started editing a clone of the “Demo_FileSystemBackupRestore”-workflow.I was able to change the “Backup” and “Restore” task to Postgres in ‘dataAgent’ and giving the instances.What I wonder: the field “instance” is of type String - isn’t there a way to fill this field automatically with all the instances of a given client? For we have Postgresql-clusters with several instances running …But where I am definitely stuck is at selecting the database to restore, neither Backup nor Restore include a field for specifying subsets of backuped data.Any hint to put me on the right track is very welcomed.Markus

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C
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1 month ago
M
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Mr_Automate_Everything
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How To Set Backup Filters Via API

Hello,I’m trying to find a way to apply backup set level filters for VSA Agents via API.I’m unable to find the XML or JSON on BOL that include the filter section. I can apply the filters at the subclient level via API, but the end goal with the backup set filters is to ensure that VMs that meet the filtered criteria no matter which subclient they are associated to are not backed up.  Backup Set Properties:https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/45813_rest_api_post_backup_set_properties.html????????????????????????? Subclient Filters:https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/49184_rest_api_post_subclient_properties.html$apiBodyAddVMFilter ="<App_UpdateSubClientPropertiesRequest>                <association>                    <entity>                        <appName>Virtual Server</appName>                        <backupsetName>AWS-$region</backupsetName>                        <clientName>AWS-$AccountId</clientNam

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Damian Andre
Vaulter
1 month ago
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Marcin_CFByte
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looking for sql view or direct sql table

to joing 2 simple thing ….i want to see job from particular SP and connected media (tapes) to it ...i have jobs in SP and media ..but how to connect them :)  sub-question is any dictionary with CV tables / views with  info what fields is about ….or better how they are joined as keys between tables ?

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Vaulter
2 months ago
J
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J-RodBit
asked in Developer tools, integration and automation (workflow/REST/Powershell etc.)

Waiting Jobs

Is there a easy way to query the count of waiting jobs similar to the Job Controller display? I am able to run the Jobs API request for each client but that takes a long time.

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Vaulter
2 months ago
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G2TByte
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POST Subclient Properties

I’m using subclient ID to add a VM to a subclient.  I can’t find and example for this.  Does this json template from here actually work? https://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/essential/49184_rest_api_post_subclient_properties.htmlI keep getting 400 Bad Requesthttps://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/essential/assets/features/rest_api/JSON/update_subclient_vm_template.json{ "newName": "", "subClientProperties": { "vmContent": { }, "vsaSubclientProp": { "useChangedTrackingOnVM": , "quiesceGuestFileSystemAndApplications": , "datastoreFreespaceCheck": , "datastoreFreespaceRequired": , "collectFileDetailsForSnap": , "collectFileDetails": } }, "association": { "entity": [{ "clientName": "", "subclientName": "", "backupsetName": "", "instanceName": "", "appName": "Virtual Server" }] }}

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G
Byte
2 months ago

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