Self-Hosted Q&A

When creating a Plan, there is still no option to run syn fulls? I have to create the plan then go to auto-created schedule in the java console to add the syn fulls to the schedule. 

Hi all,After changing the Media Agent (MA), we are experiencing very slow VMware backup speeds, approximately 1MB/s using NBD mode. During troubleshooting, the only noticeable issue was a high 99% read rate. Other than that, nothing particularly helpful has been identified. Any suggestions for further investigation?

I need to create a report that management can use, that compares server data in another database, to server information in Commvault.Unfortunately, I can’t get access to the other database, and need to run a report against it, and save the results into a tab delimited file.Using this, I have the SQL set up to bulk insert the data into a temp table, and do what I need to get information from CV, based on that data.  Runs fine.However, when I try to paste it into a dataset in a report, and “Preview” the data, prior to saving, I’m told that I don’t have permissions to bulk insert.It appears to be a jdbc error, so I’m assuming they are running java in the background.  I can find what I need to add to a java connection, to allow bulk insert.  However, I have no access to the background java. Does anyone know of a way to allow bulk insert in a web console report?

I’m testing my restore times and i’m running into extremely low xtrabackup restore times.A full VM restore is able to achieve 1,3gbps but MySQL restore only get to around 40mbps (I know it’s not the same but still) 5900  24e0  10/04 15:15:33 544344 33-# [FSRESTHEAD ] Stats: AppTy 104, AF 1, Seeks 1/1/1, WrkItms 161353, MxRdr (Bsy-Tot: 1-15, Pnd 0), MsgsRcvd 24, QLen 20, LstMsg 536872180(536872180)5900  24e0  10/04 15:15:33 544344 33-# [FSRESTHEAD ] Stats: [AllocBuf Time] Exp Avg [0.24], Total Avg [0.04], Total Time [11388.53], Total Count [322699]5900  24e0  10/04 15:15:33 544344 33-# [FSRESTHEAD ] Stats: [AllocBuf Speed] Curr Avg [0.25] MB/Sec, Bytes [154177584]; Total Avg [1.77] MB/Sec, Bytes [21135493704]5900  24e0  10/04 15:15:33 544344 33-# [FSRESTHEAD ] Stats: [MediaRead Time] Exp Avg [0.00], Total Avg [0.00], Total Time [4.43], Total Count [322699]5900  24e0  10/04 15:15:33 544344 33-# [FSRESTHEAD ] Stats: [MediaRead Speed] Curr Avg [651.85] MB/Sec, Bytes [20668482]; Total Avg [

Hello.Is there a report or query that can be run so list out all settings for the commcell? As an example all media management settings. //Henke

Hi all, hopefully someone can help with this.We’re long time users of Commvault and very familiar with storage policies, schedule policies and the like. We’ve recently migrated our VMware estate to a new vCenter and have taken the opportunity to also migrate to using Plans at the same time. I’ve got a number of plans based on the times I want the backups to happen and the storage it’s going to (our retention is the same on all of them). So this has meant that I now have a large number of storage policies and I feel like the Aux copies are not really running efficiently because there’s so many of them (they are all trying to use the same resources, lots of errors about being unable to set up the copy pipeline that I wasn’t getting before). Backup hardware hasn’t changed whatsoever and the primary copies are working fine so I don’t feel this is to do with the new equipment as the issues are all contained within the existing setup (MAs, storage). Previously we had 2 storage policies cover

Hello dears,I have implemented passkey from the command center as administrator, is there any way to allow end user to restore their data without requiring the passkey? this scenario will be exception for top management users or should i as admin share the kay with them?

Hello community, We have a request for backup some Azure App Services (Web App) in Azure (PaaS).From supported-technologies table, I cant find them:https://www.commvault.com/supported-technologies#So, are they supported in Commvault?Please for your feedback.Best regards,Nikos

Hi,We disabled the secondary copy but few jobs are showing in “To Be Copied” and “Partially Copied” status in secondary copy but we planning to erase the data in secondary.My Question is: If I erase the data in secondary dependent copies will be going to erase in primary copy or only data will erase in secondary copy itself? 

Hi all,I am trying to do an Application aware backup of a virtual machine with MS SQL but I can’t.  Application aware backup is skipped, but VM backup completed successfully.Any idea? Thanks!Matias

Hello,We have a PG instance that failed to backup for a day due to an issue with our archive script.  We fixed the script, and CV ran and immediately picked up all the logs.However, in the GUI, it’s still showing a gap in recovery; from the time the archiver originally failed, until the time it picked them up.I haven’t been able to test a restore to a time during the gap yet (I hope to today), but I was able to click a missing recovery point and the API scripts accepts the time I chose.Is this a bug in the GUI or something else?Thanks!

I’ve encountered an interesting issue and I’m hoping someone might have a creative solution.A customer of mine is using Redgate software to clone SQL databases. These cloned databases are mounted as virtual disks on the server, appearing as disks in Windows Disk Manager, but not as VM disks.When performing file system and application-consistent snapshots, they fail on the SQL writer due to the virtual disks created by the SQL clones. The same issue occurs when attempting to quiesce the filesystem from VMware.This could potentially be resolved by using the database agent and running crash-consistent snapshots, but I’d prefer to continue running only VM backups of this server, if possible.Is there a way to exclude these cloned databases from the VSS snapshot, either on the Commvault, SQL, or VMware side, since these databases don’t need to be backed up?Any suggestions?

Is anyone from Commvault able to comment on whether or not there is an Exchange Mailbox Backup Agent on the roadmap?

Hi,New here and wanted to ask a question and appreciate any answers!  We have a PowerStore client backing up a 35 subclients.  We have about ½ of them running for several days, two in particular are close to 10 days run time.  We just impleneted backing up these fileshares in PowerStore so I am sure there are somw tweaks we can make.The start times for the fileshares to start backing up are staggered.  Some of the larger subclients have a very low throughput at  0.08 GB/hr while others 3000 GB/hr.Any help at all would be awesome.Thanks  

Hello Team, I planned to perfom a hardware refresh of a media agent using this procedurehttps://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/performing_mediaagent_recovery.htmlThe media agent has lun attached provided by Netapp Storage  (mount path)I'm confident because I've already done it, but this  MA has a tape library attached. I am checking if it is a DAS or FC(zoning) do you have any tips ? Thanks !  

In RHEL 7 and 8 versions, the system state backup failed with this message during 1-touch full backup and incremental backup.Message: System State Backup Failed: [Error: The following utility is missing from the system [killall]. Install the corresponding rpms/dpkg before running a new incremental one-touch backup] I desperately need your help 

Hi Commvault experts,I would like to discuss following situation.We need to move the mount paths of the disk library from the current Media Agent to a new one. The mount paths are attached to the Media Agent and appear as local disks; however, they are actually presented/mapped from the storage array as local disks/paths. My question is: how do we move these mount paths to the new Media Agent, when no physical data move is required? It’s simply a matter of re-presenting these mount points to the new Media Agent from Commvault's point of view.Your explanation will be much appreciated!

Hi Commvault experts,I have one more question regarding the Media Agent migration, specifically about the Index Cache. Is it absolutely necessary to move the Index Cache? In some resources, I've read that it might be possible to skip this step. Is that correct? Can the Index Cache be rebuilt automatically during new backup jobs?Also, is the actual process of moving the Index Cache directory simply a copy-paste operation in the operating system?Once the Media Agent migration is complete, I can close all related threads and provide detailed comments.

Hello, I want to expand the current disk storage. How do I find out whether the current Media Agent can connect additional MP or its on the limit?We have 4 node with 2x ssd on each node. But i dont know if we have LARGE or EXTRA LARGEAt the moment we have 2x Libraries with 1PB each

Hello! I have been a Commvault user since 2020, and finally it was time to ask or discuss this feature.Many times when there is an issue with a job, we see the error code xx:xxx (or similar syntax), the error code is highlighted. We can click on it, and it will do a search in the commvault knowledge base. Could be very useful. However..I can remember maybe 2-3 times where the error code link actually showed a relevant article. Most times, there are no articles related to the specific code.. If I remove the special characters, then once in a while I will find something related to the issue, but most times it doesn’t help.Room for improvement.

Hello,I want to know if it’s possible to copy the content of a specific tape to a disc library ? Regards,Fabrice

Hello everybody,AWS Backup is currently offering Full and Incremental level backups when it comes to protect RDS instances on AWS Cloud (Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_WorkingWithAutomatedBackups.html)Using Commvault v11.32, documentation states that Commvault can only perform Full level backup which involves huge cost when doing AWS Native Snapshot protection when it comes to protect RDS instances (Reference: https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/backing_up_amazon_rds_instance_group.html)  Is there any way to perform Incremental snapshot of RDS instances in the future using Commvault on AWS ? FYI, I am already aware about the export and dump based backup for RDS instances but those are too inconvenient to restore (for export, it requires an EC2 instance with a configured database to receive the data; for dump based backup, we need a configured database engine on an Access Node or the Media Agent to receive the data, which is a nigh

We have a physical media agent server, that is very old and want to replace it with new physical server. So, we need to migrate / Hardware refresh the media agent server with same hostname and IP.What is the procedure and steps, we need to folow to perform this task smoothly.  

Hi  We tried to active windows 2019 of RO1200 with below doc(https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/what_s_in_box_01.html), we found found there was no Windows Server 2019 Standard Product Key sticker on the top of the server. Is there any way to find the Windows Server 2019 Standard Product Key for RO1200? Thank you in advance for your answer !

Hello, we recently ran through a Security Health Review, with a third-party, and it was advised that we turn on MFA for Commvault.  I worked with our Infosec team and got Okta setup on our Commvault Command Center.However, I was wondering how do I get the Commcell to automatically redirect to Okta when someone is logging into the Commcell, while inside the server, or using the Jar file?I know there is the ‘Login with Command Center’ link, however, I can put my username and password in, and I get in fine (without an Okta prompt).  Is there a way to force the ‘Login’ link?We are on version 11.32.63.Thanks!