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  • June 5, 2023
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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.

Regards
Dennis

Best answer by Sebastien Merluzzi

@Dennis ,

It is the same Backup.

From vCenter you will see the Child Job, in job details > Virtual Machine Status

You will see the VM Job ID.

 

From the VM you will see the Parent job, in job details > Description

You will see Job started by job ID.

 

 

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Jos Meijer
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  • June 5, 2023

Hi Dennis,

It seems you have a Hypervisor configured with v2 indexing.
This hypervisor instance config is processing the VM during a backup.

https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/102122_virtual_machine_clients_and_instances.html

If this is not a wanted outcome you should be able to prevent this by filtering the VM on the hypervisor config in Commvault.


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  • June 6, 2023

What do you mean with…...
If this is not a wanted outcome you should be able to prevent this by filtering the VM on the hypervisor config in Commvault.
??


Is this a new feature? In my older VM clients i have only “Active Directory” and “File System”.

I have configured a virtualisation client:

Do i backup the machine 2 x ??
Because when i go to the VMInstance in my backup history i see backups:

Or are these the backups of the actual virtualisation client?


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  • June 22, 2023

Hi,
is it not possible to deactivate the VMInstance?
Because actually i backup the client twice. 
Once over the VMInstance and the other one over my virtualisation client…..


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@Dennis ,

It is the same Backup.

From vCenter you will see the Child Job, in job details > Virtual Machine Status

You will see the VM Job ID.

 

From the VM you will see the Parent job, in job details > Description

You will see Job started by job ID.