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Hello to all!I read some similar threads about Encrypting Network Traffic, but Im a little bit confused.A customer wants to know if the Commvault backup installation (11.28) has by default Network encryption over HTTPS between CS / MAs / clients?I need to clarify if encryption over network traffic for Commvault Servers are enabled by default, at this point I don’t care about Encrypting backup data.https://documentation.commvault.com/11.24/expert/134328_enabling_encryption_in_commcell.htmlPlease for your feedback,Nikos

Hi!I would like to set this alert for triggering when the CURRENT BACKUP SIZE exceeds 200 GB. But I didnt find any info on how can I specify the unit in the value field of a Token Criteria Selection step.

Use case:I have enabled Object lock on the Cloud storage bucket (Hitachi Content Platform for Cloud Scale (S3)).Enabled WORM on Commvault and set the retention for the storage policy.Result: Once the data is backed up I am able to delete the data manually in the Hitachi Content Platform for Cloud Scale (S3) bucket.Does Commvault does not leverage Object lock ?Also Can we enable Object lock on Hitachi Content Platform for Cloud Scale (HCPCS) and WORM on Commvault or its Either or case. 

I need to understand and unable to find a good documentation on the differences between the terms: Difference between Storage policy, storage pool, data path, mount path , Libraries ? How are they related ?

We are following instructions from below page to enable WORM we could not see the WORM option does compliance lock mean WORM lock: https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/157130_enabling_worm_storage_and_retention_for_cloud_storage.htmlAlso in the supported agents we have Hitachi Content Platform (HS3) Hitachi Content Platform for Cloud Scale (S3) In the Commcell browser we could not edit properties for Hitachi Content Platform for Cloud Scale (S3) but could edit fo

Is it fair to say, The "Commvault Client Monthly Growth" report typically refers to the growth of data being backed up by Commvault clients over a specified period. In general, the "Commvault Client Monthly Growth" report should include data from all clients being backed up by Commvault, regardless of the location or data center? 

Dear All, We need configure 2 of layer two networks for transfer our replication traffic. I need to know commvault have any load balancing capabilities for do this.

Hi All,What happens if a bad person becomes an admin on the CommServe server and change the server date forward 2 years? We can consider this for Media Agent as well.In general, a bad person could log into the servers and do this and what would happen ? Will the backups be deleted because the retention period has expired ? 

Hello,We have an issue with one of our Oracle linux servers - I can see the following error in the “sr_post_backup.log” “ Debug: Error for [/dev/sda] will not be ignored” Error: [/dev/sda] has not been enumeratde in [/tmp/sysconf/diskd]. cannot validate Error: mountpoint is either on device which is no properly configured or mixed supported a and unsupported devicethe last error was checked by our IT guy and was found not correct Can you please help? Best regards 

Hello, We want to enable Client Side Encryption on Commvault. Does we need to install a Commvault Agent on the Client ? Best Regards!

I get worried questions regarding protecting Teams and the payment models that Microsoft has implemented for Teams APIs. It seems as some backup vendors are avoiding backing up some Teams components to not put the customer in a situation where they will get billed by Microsoft. I have not been able to find any information about this in the Commvault documentation and I do not know the current status of this situation. Does anyone have some feedback on this.  /Patrik

Hi Community,Trying to log into cloud.commvault.com today and getting the following:  It looks like there may be an upgrade / migration happening. Is there a way that these changes / updates can be communicated with a message prior? 

I am currently replacing all of the Windows Server 2012 r2 servers with Windows server 2022.  The current web server is running WS2012R2.  If I build a new Web Console server with WS2022 how do I know that the newly built server will take over the web console duties?  What else do I need to do to replace it with 2022?  Any documentation would be helpful.  It is painful to find relevant commvault documentaion.   

Hi! Does Commvault have a way of computing the required storage for Microsoft 365 application backup such as sharepoint online? I want to scope the estimated BET i would need to backup my sharepoint. Thank you!

Hey folks,I wanted to let you know proactively about an issue we have found affecting CommCell’s who have upgraded to 11.28 Maintenance Release 60 or above, and anyone who has updated to 11.30 or 11.32.An update included in these releases made some scheduling changes behind the scenes, unfortunately it flipped a flag on space reclamation schedules which means they do not run the defrag process to perform data reclamation. This only impacts customers who rely on space reclamation where sparse support is not available on their mount paths. This does include Commvault HyperScale 1.5 or HSX as well.It’s worth noting that if you run space reclamation manually (not relying on the schedule) then the issue does not occur.Fortunately, the fix is simple, especially for FR28 customers. An update is available that can be installed without a service restart which will fix the flag on space reclamation schedules and turn on defrag again.A KB article for 11.28 is

Hello, TeamI will like to know the exact privileges that is needed to backup MySQL database on commvault.We are trying to backup several MySQL databases and we are not to get past the discovery phase. The user has the attached and local system admin.Also, see the error we are getting while trying to make use of the user. 

Hello Team,We are trying to restore single level table restore in Oracle DB, while restore is getting an error. RMAN-03002: failure of duplicate DB commandRMAN-05501: aborting duplication of target database.RMAN-04004: error from recovery catalog database: ORA-01033: ORACLE initialization or shutdown in progress. RMAN-05546: DUPLICATE without TARGET and CATALOG connections requires that BACKUP LOCATION is specified. The restoration is using the same DB server. Please advise the restoration process.

We have CommServe version 11.24. on Windows sever 2012 R2 Standard, and we are planning to update the OS to Windows 2016 as well the commserve version 11.28. once it is completed, we need to update media servers OS version to Windows 2016.The commserve server is not act as media server and no disk/tape libraries are configured. All(DDB/DISK/TAPE) are configured on media servers.Can i follow the below stpes.take DR backup Uninstall the commvault software on the commserver upgrade the os from Win 2012 to Win 2016 Install the Commvault software and during the installation can i choose the existing DR backup. Kindly suggest how to proceed it. 

Hello CommunityI'm exploring options to stop Commvault Windows client services in silent mode via the command line. I have observed that the command 'GxAdmin.exe -console -stopsvcgrp All' only works when UAC (User Account Control) is disabled. otherwise, a confirmation prompt is required when UAC is enabled.we have many servers and don't want to modify GPO each time to disable UAC, I have noticed that during the CV SP upgrade process, the Commvault services are automatically shut down in silent mode, even on servers with UAC enabled, it never prompt to confirm anything.I'm seeking info about the specific command used during the CV SP upgrade to achieve this automatic shutdown of Commvault Wins Client services in silent mode, regardless of UAC settings. thanks

Greetings to All,I am facing the issue that we have encountered with a disk on our Hyperscale node. Upon checking the system log, we have found that the disk has failed. However, in the ILO, all disks are showing as green.I would greatly appreciate your help in resolving this issue/var/log/messages:*********************Jun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kernel: sd 2:0:19:0: Power-on or device reset occurredJun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kernel: sd 2:0:19:0: [sdw] FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE cmd_age=1sJun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kernel: sd 2:0:19:0: [sdw] Sense Key : Not Ready [current] [descriptor] Jun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kernel: sd 2:0:19:0: [sdw] Add. Sense: Logical unit not ready, notify (enable spinup) requiredJun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kernel: sd 2:0:19:0: [sdw] CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 05 86 03 a8 a8 00 00 00 88 00 00Jun 22 07:59:10 homlab-dth  kerne

Hi,i have create a new client to backup my AD. The DC is a virtual machine on vSphere.I have installed the AD agent and file agent.I see there a VMInstance:What is that? On my old DCs (also VMs) i see this: When i release the license or delete the VMIntance the next day it is back.RegardsDennis

Hi!Any clue on how to remove that failed job from job controller (it's stuck in there)? 

Hey everyone,I have a question to the community regarding some automation for commvault client.We have a process that builds a cloudformation stack, then we used Chef to deploy pertinent applications ( like the commvault client).  Before the stack can be deployed, it runs through a mock build using kitchen-test.  This works great with one exception.  It creates a client in the CommCell from the kitchen-test. Does any know of a command or script I can run against the CommCell that will remove the client that was created during the kitchen-test? Preferably in the chef recipe vs having to run it on the server. 

I am on a project at a customer site and noticed a bunch of failed online crawl adminError Code: [72:106]I am not sure what this is related to, data analytics? Before I open a case I just want to understand the function of this type of job as I have not ran into this before. File    : JobManager.log@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ 9924  713c  06/27 00:00:11 351063  JobSvr Obj Data analytics job data source id [15] is set at the job level.9924  713c  06/27 00:00:11 351063  Servant    [---- SCHEDULED ONLINE CRAWL REQUEST ----]. Task id [4887] SubClientID [0]9924  628c  06/27 00:00:11 351063  Scheduler  handleAttemptStartAsync WARNING: HostClient ID is missing when attempting to start the job. startFrom [2], apptype[1000], optype [53], phase [1].9924  628c  06/27 00:00:13 351063  Scheduler  Phase [1-Import] (0,0) started on

Hi Team, Could you please help us with below queries on Data Restore/Recall: Starting with what the customer/client does to initiate data READs What is the workflow? (E.g: whether it will first view the custom metadata, then initiate reads of the whole objects) How is data read back? whole object reads, range reads, select query, etc. How to Capture throughput stats Throughput, IOPs, latency