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commvault DR backup retrieving from disk library using MediaExplorer

  • July 21, 2025
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Hi Expert Team,

End customer environment is secure site. So they cannot whitelist metallic cloud URLs for storing phase1 of DR  backup. Currently the phase1 of DR backup writes to local disk and phase2 goes to commserveDR policy which is HPE catalyst. I believe we cannot recover from HPE Catalyst using mediaexplorer tool(This I read from other community article). We cant even use Network path for phase1.  

So we are planning for creating a filesystem backup of phase1 backup folder(SET**) on disk library. If we do this way can we retrieve the DR dump files using mediaexplorer tool? Please advise.

 

commvault DR backup retrieving from disk library using MediaExplorer

https://documentation.commvault.com/11.40/expert/cataloging_media_using_media_explorer.html

Best answer by Javier

Media Explorer would see those backups are File System, while it is potentially doable, it would be difficult to allocate them due to missing the DR Backup tag.

 

Why not creating a secondary Aux copy on the DR Policy and copying the Jobs from the Catalyst Storage to regular Storage instead? With this approach you will be able to use Media Explorer on the secondary Aux Copy and the BackupDRs should maintain their tags and jobIDs which will help with their identification.

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  • Vaulter
  • July 21, 2025

Hi ​@AbdulIkram 

what is the cs cv version?


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  • Byte
  • July 25, 2025

version is 11.32.106


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  • Vaulter
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  • July 27, 2025

Media Explorer would see those backups are File System, while it is potentially doable, it would be difficult to allocate them due to missing the DR Backup tag.

 

Why not creating a secondary Aux copy on the DR Policy and copying the Jobs from the Catalyst Storage to regular Storage instead? With this approach you will be able to use Media Explorer on the secondary Aux Copy and the BackupDRs should maintain their tags and jobIDs which will help with their identification.


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  • Byte
  • July 30, 2025

I will give a try if the Aux copy from HPE catalyst to Disk library works.


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  • Byte
  • August 5, 2025

Aux copy solution worked. I will test restore using media explorer.I am closing this thread.Thanks for quick help.