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Whether you're a seasoned Metallic user or a newcomer, having the right resources at your fingertips is essential. This post aims to provide some key info for you. Community Interaction: 🗣️Our Community forum is an enriching space for you to ask questions, share best practices, and connect with both peers and Metallic experts. While many of your queries will find answers here, we've also compiled other crucial resources to bolster your Metallic experience. Key Resources to Bookmark: 📌Metallic.io:While it's our company website, its utility goes beyond basic information. Consider this your starting point if you ever feel lost. From release notes, case studies, and white papers to updates about our upcoming webinars – everything's there.Status Page 🚦Check the Ring status page to confirm the scheduled maintenance activity timings and window size. URL: https://ring-status.metallic.io/ For example, to check the Ring M102 scheduled maintenance activity window, access the following URL:: ht
Welcome to the Commvault Cloud Family! 🎉Hello and a heartfelt welcome to each one of you! We're thrilled to have you as part of the Commvault Cloud family. Our commitment is to make your journey to our platform both seamless and enriching.Why Engage with Your Customer Success Resources? 🤔While not every customer will have a dedicated Customer Success Manager (CSM), every one of you is important to us. Whether you're self-onboarding using our extensive resources or interacting with our team, our goal is to understand your unique needs and assist you in making the most out of Metallic.Tailored Guidance: Regardless of your plan, our resources are designed to offer advice specific to your objectives, ensuring optimal use of our platform. Efficient Onboarding: Utilize our videos, documentation, and community posts to onboard at your pace, effectively and efficiently. Continuous Support: For any queries, feedback, or suggestions, don’t hesitate to reach out to us via this platform or succ
We are excited to announce a new Kubernetes subscription coming to Commvault Cloud on May 31, 2024. As part of our commitment to enhancing our services, we are implementing changes to the metering and billing process for Kubernetes environments protected in Commvault Cloud.What’s changing?Commvault Cloud Backup & Recovery for Kubernetes will be metered using capacity (front-end terabyte) instead of per-app licensing.How do I protect my Kubernetes Environments going forward?There is no change in how your Kubernetes data is protected. However, Kubernetes usage will be metered using a new Kubernetes subscription instead of the existing VM and Kubernetes subscriptions. How do I benefit?This change simplifies the Kubernetes environment licensing and makes sure your data protection needs are easier to size and scope for future planning.What if I am already protecting Kubernetes Environments using the VM & Kubernetes subscription?If you are currently protecting Kubernetes environments
SaaS-delivered Cyber ResilienceCommvault Cloud provides a streamlined SaaS solution for data management and protection, featuring easy deployment, low overhead, and simple subscription pricing. It offers unique storage flexibility with options for cloud or on-premises storage to optimize hybrid cloud workload recovery. With automatic upgrades, maintenance-free operation, scalable architecture, and robust security, Commvault Cloud ensures future-ready data protection as IT needs evolve.Scalability: Easily scales to meet growing data demands without the need for significant hardware investments. Cost Efficiency: Reduces upfront capital expenditures and lowers total cost of ownership by leveraging a subscription-based model. Simplified Management: Offers centralized management capabilities that reduce the complexity and resources required to manage data protection. Automatic Updates: Ensures the latest features and security updates are automatically implemented without disrupting business
It says my credentials are incorrect when my jobs run even though I can use them to log into VMware vCenter. How can I troubleshoot this?
I have a machine that started getting backup failures with this error “Error downloading Virtual Machine config file”. Just started a week ago, prior to that backups were successful.What could be causing that problem. The server is in Azure VMWare Solutions and being backed up using Metallic.
A Metallic software update is now available for your Windows systems. We recommend you perform this upgrade before Sep 9, 2023, when Metallic will automatically update the software. A onetime system reboot is required to complete the upgrade of Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) – 14.36.32532 which is included in the Metallic software update. Click here for a demo to prepare your Windows System for the Metallic software update.FAQWhat happens if no updates are done? Backups will continue to operate. Which systems will be need this update and reboot? This applies to Windows systems with Metallic software in your datacenter or cloud environment. The reboot is only required for windows systems with an older version of Visual C++ i.e., if Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) – 14.36.32532 is not already installed. What is the expected software version after the update is complete? 3201.9 or higher. Does the Windows system need to be powered on? Yes. Ensure the
My CommVault Metallic cloud storage hit 100% full. I’ve deleted several months worth of backups and have run the data aging process multiple times but it still reports as 100% full. What’s the trick to freeing up space on Metallic cloud storage?Ken
Hi everyone,I’m looking to setup SAML for a customer using Azure AD as the identity provider.I’ve set it up in my lab (Metallic Subscription plus Azure AD), the default mapping of users works to a role that’s specified General Tab of the Identity Server. Is there a way to have Azure AD detect the group membership and apply it to a Metallic User Group? I’ve Tested based on what I understand the documentation to be, but I’m probably missing something fairly fundamental. Do I have to set a custom SAML attribute to map the groups through or is there another way?Thanks in advance.
Hi,Looking at the Metallic HUB for Endpoint - Retention Window there is a mention for deleted items 1 year and versions 5.Question 1 - What does this exactly mean?Question - 2 Is there an archive function in Metallic for customer who have to keep company data for several years? Could someone please explain or point to the documentation.many thanks,Markus
Hi,I’m currently trying Metallic and I would like to be able to let our MSP to do full managed services for us. That said, we would like to be able to insure the MSP admin are unable to access the data. I saw the option “Prevent admin access to company data” but we were more envisioning the use of an encryption key. In the company settings, there is that section called “Allow owners to enable data encryption” which may be aligned with what we would like but I can’t find any information on it. I activated it but I don’t see any change anywhere in the other section like plan or servers so I have no clue what it does and how to use it.I also saw in the security/key management servers that we can configure a KMS or a passphrase which, once set, is not visible anymore. I tried to activate the passphrase which seems to work but I don’t think that would deny the MSP admin to access our data. I think it kind of just replace the automatically generated encryption key by the passphrase I’ve put.
What is Difference between "remove from content " & exclude from backup" in Metallic backup for exchange online?If i exclude a user/ user group from backup and reinclude it , will it cause next backup to be full?
My organization is considering enabling the Delete and Restore Authorization features in Security IQ. This will constitute a big change in our restore process because of how rapid our customers tend to want their restores completed, and requiring secondary authorization will slow down our process quite a bit, especially in the case that those authorized are either on PTO or otherwise unable to approve restores. I was wondering what methods the community uses to prevent slower service when it comes to restores that require secondary authorization? I’d like to hear how other organizations might prevent slow/loss of service when needing multiple users to be online in order to perform restore requests so maybe we can improve our process.
What is changing in this enhancement?Metallic has optimized the backup configuration of your on-prem workloads by hosting the deduplication cache on backup gateway i.e., near the workload, to significantly reduce network calls to the Metallic control plane to retrieve deduplication information and thereby improve performance of backup operations.Important Note This change is only applicable to new on-prem workloads onboarded in Metallic after Aug 25. Existing workload already protected in Metallic will continue to operate as before.Which workloads does this enhancement apply to?This enhancement is applicable only to on-prem workloads protected using your own Azure storage (BYOS) or Metallic Recovery Reserve in Azure. How does this change impact my on-prem workloads onboarded in Metallic Prior to Aug 25?Existing workload already protected in Metallic will continue to operate as before. How does this change impact workloads currently in the process of onboarding?If you started onboardin
Hello, What is the best approach to backup Shared mailboxes in metallic. I have created a Dynamic Distribution List that has a query search to find all shared mailboxes. Unfortunately, the DDL it’s not being detected in the metallic side. Environment:Exchange onlinePlace of DDL: Exchange Online Thank you in advance.
