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Summary The following thread describes the potential exposure to the Apache Log4j vulnerability and steps to update Commvault software.It has been confirmed that a small subset of Commvault agents are impacted.  Update as of 1st February: Maintenance Release to bring Log4j version to 2.17.1 across Commvault software platform has been released. This release includes the upgrade of components that previously used Log4j 1.x.  Update as of 20th December: Maintenance Release including relevant hotfixes now available for Commvault software, see section “Maintenance Releases”. Please note customers who have already applied hotfixes for Log4j 2.16, do not need to install.For customers with Commvault Hyperscale X and Distributed storage, please see section new Community article here: 

Hello,the cliente need to migrate MS SQL Server database for the new server by Continuous Data Replicator.Someone already made this procedure and can help me?I install SQL Server in 2 servers and add to Commcell.Current version of Commvault: 11 SP 13+**Do i need to upgrade Commvault before migrating?Current version of SQL: 2012And the cliente is asking to me what the best version will migrate? 2019 standard or enterprise? 

Hi all. After upgrading to 11.32.13 we are sporadically starting to see the below error when doing Vmware snapshot backup. The backup job fails or completes with errors: “Snapshot creation is disabled on [Server name] by [].”   Snapshot creation is not disabled for the server, and when backup is re-run everything is working. Have anyone else seen this behavior? Regards-Anders 

Hi,I saw Commvault bring Commserve Linux feature in Feature Release 25. So i wanted to test it. I created Linux package as described here;https://documentation.commvault.com/11.25/expert/2696_downloading_software_for_unix_linux_and_macintosh_computers_using_download_manager.htmlI installed fresh RHEL 8.3. I’m trying to setup as described here;https://documentation.commvault.com/11.25/expert/132361_installing_commserve_server_in_linux_environment.html

As maybe know the last day’s a lot of actions needs to performed regarding the Log4j vulnerbility. Is this also been used in the Commvault software?If so is there a patch/fix upcoming?  

Hello,I have a Commvault backup server that has a version 11.20.0. Now, I woult like to upgrade Commvault backup server and clients to the version 11.24.0. Which is the recommended way to do it?Thank you!Best regards,Elizabeta 

The file system backups are showing as successful(no warning) however failing to protect some of the files; I  am wondering why the job is not completing with partial sucess and showing it as a VSS issue.  Is that becuase there are no application specific vss writers for the application and hence quiesing is not working its magic [C:\Program Files (x86)\BigFix Enterprise\BES Client\__BESData\SiteData.db] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.

Hello, this might not be enough info but I’m trying to restore a VM and keep getting this errorError Code: [91:32]Description: Unable to register virtual machine [SERVER]. Possible reason includes datastore was not mounted correctly.Source: CVMA01, Process: CVDLater these errors only occur: Error Code: [32:392]Description: Volume Operation in Progress : [One or more volumes are being processed by other operation. VolumeId [543702]]Source: CVMA01, Process: CVDI have the job log files but can’t really make sense of it. Its pretty much nothing but errors and fails. 

Working with DB2 on AIX for our SAP AFS Application. Approx. 4TB database split over 4 logical volumes in an IBM Virtual IO environment on IBM Power. This backup takes 20 to 26 hours. Below the statistics in db2diag after the backup. I’m not sure how to read this, but I think the WaitQ is quite high.Hope anyone can shed a light on this. 2021-03-13-01.02.01.804357+060 E411673A4491 LEVEL: InfoPID : 4718886 TID : 61753 PROC : db2sysc 0INSTANCE: db2prd NODE : 000 DB : PRDAPPHDL : 0-12866 APPID: *LOCAL.db2prd.210311220047AUTHID : DB2PRD HOSTNAME: lpdd001EDUID : 61753 EDUNAME: db2agent (PRD) 0FUNCTION: DB2 UDB, database utilities, sqluxLogDataStats, probe:395MESSAGE : Performance statisticsDATA #‌1 : String, 3994 bytesParallelism = 40Number of buffers = 40Buffer size = 2494464 (609 4kB pages)BM#‌ Total I/O  MsgQ WaitQ Buffers MBytes--- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------

Hi Alli got alert from File Activity Anomaly that large amount of file were deleted and modifiedis there any way to view which files are deleted\modified? tnx

I started looking at the MFA on Command Centre and baffled as it is flawed. If my domain account has been compromised, I would be expecting the second factor to be the 2nd line of defence. But no, you can request a new pin that gets sent to your compromised domain account e-mail address. I then looked to see if I can amend my account by adding an external e-mail address, but LDAP pulls this from the domain and can not be edited. By editing the e-mail script we can omit the pin, but I think this hasn’t been thought through by Commvault, considering that backups are supposed to be the last line of defence against a cyber attack the two factor serves only to delay the time it takes for SMTP to deliver a new pin.

Newbie Alert! Hello Everyone I am new to Commvault I took over an environment which has more than 200 storage policies. These policies were created as a result of plans created using command center. We have more than 2000 VMs and 200+ filesystem clients and Databases. I was wondering how should I approach the cleanup. Is it a good idea to use plans for larger environments, because as a result of single plan there are multiple configurations created automatically.  Thank You

On CV 11.20.9 we backuped Oracle DB from SPARC Solaris to MA RedHar8.4.If we set “Optimized For concurrent LAN backups” on MA then speed = 1800 GB per hour, if we unset “Optimized For concurrent LAN backups”, then speed=5500 GB per hour.All other settings are identical.What changed in MA configuration when set “Optimized For concurrent LAN backups”?

I am working on some performance issues with my backups.Looking at the media agents during the backups, looking a the media/proxy agents I am seeing what I think is high latency on the loopback adaptor.   in the screen shot below you can see in in Windows resource monitor the latency for vsbkp, cvd and other processes are around 30ms.   The loopback adaptor is internal to the server, never touching a ethernet switch or wire, so I would think it should be much lower right?I am wondering what type of latency other folks are seeing on their media agent and or proxy agents during backups?Thank you ahead of time!  

Hi, all Due business restrictions we cannot download 11.24 zipped package for Windows. Is possible to get a link like I received last time in March for 11.20? Thank you in advance. Best regards,George

Hi,I am currently testing a complete disaster recovery from tapes.Usually, full backups are copied to tapes every week, so I took a tape set from 2 weeks ago as it was exported.I restored the CommServe from Commvault Cloud.New Media Agent and tape library were deployed and the tape set was inserted in the library.Index v1 client recovery works fine.Index v2 client recovery asks for tapes that are out of the current set to recall indexes, so I can’t restore anything.I tried the catalog option but it takes days so it’s not viable. Is there a way to ensure that a weekly tape set contains also the necessary index backups?

Some facts:Version 11.24.7Sharepoint 2016 (on-prem)SP DB backup speeds: 15-25 GB/hr (So not superfast, but atleast it finishes in a reasonable time)SP Documents backup speeds: 1-1.5 GB/hr (So basicly superslow) Some background information:I am a storage guy, who’s recently been put in charge of the backup solution, due to people leaving. While i’ve worked some with other backup solutions before, thats 10+ years ago, so my backup skills are a bit rusty compared to my storage skills, so bear with me if i need things spoon fed :-)Also, the Documents parts of sharepoint have been split up in about 10 different subclients, and this performance issue is affecting all of them.Also, for other backups being run by Commvault, i see very different backup speeds. For instance full backups of some MSSQL servers can provide speeds of 500-3000 GB/hr, so i know the backend of the backup solution can handle a lot higher speeds than what

Hi All, Our customer scanned 8403 on our Media Agents and detected that these ‘prohibited’ protocols are in place and causing alerts on their end.Is it possible to disable all except TLS 1.2?Many thanks in advance.

Hi,What are the plans for adding OS patches to the Commvault software repository? Same as hyperscale?i know there is a CMR for it for a while. We want to prevent that we need to redeploy the FREL’s each time or do manual actions on the FREL for regular basis. thanks

We want to create a Server Plan for databases that only runs a Full backup one a day.We cannot find a way to achieve that. When we configure an RPO, it automatically runs an incremental (which we don’t want), and under "Database options" we cannot find an option to completely disable transaction log backups.Am I overlooking something?How can we achieve only daily fulls through the Command Center?

So another question.Regarding scheduling backups.  So our environment which is mostly windows servers and a few linux servers and 1 MsSQL.   Is following an accurate assumption:If I want to create a new client group, example - “Windows Server Agents” and then associate all of our Windows servers to this group this approach seems much cleaner way to create bkup policy then creating a seperate backup schedule for each windows server individually.  What is recommened?  Also if I was to create this group client Windows server bkup schedule I notice it doesnt let me chosse what drives I want to backup and the system state option.   I only see these options if I set up a backup schedule for an idividual client as there is a “content” tab where I can select aLL local drives or browse etc..and then there is also a check box for the “system State”   Does the client group bkup schedule automatically bkup all local drives -  C:\ drive and if there happens to be a D:

IntelliSnap failed on Azure Premium SSD V2 with below error,  incremental snapshots is still preview status, any chance to create full snapshot for Azure disk? 20164 5584  04/10 06:59:07 182052 CreateManagedDiskSnapshot() - Failed to create Incremental Snapshot for disk [vaz-wpc-002_DataDisk3]. Attempting normal snapshot...20164 5584  04/10 06:59:07 182052 CreateManagedDiskSnapshot() - Exception [System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> Microsoft.Rest.Azure.CloudException: Only incremental snapshots are supported for disks of Sku PremiumV2_LRS.

Hello, I have issue with live browsing of Exchange recovery point. I am getting next error : Cannot connect with Exchange Mining process, please check service running status on live browse server. I made commvault case 220731-163. But i want to ask here aswell if someone had same issue.Somewhere in juni restore worked correctly on the same MA Once thing i change after is commvault hotfix to 11.25.44 The MA and Exchange have same patch.  I tryed restore offline DB to MA, but after restore getting same error at browsing. I uploaded some logs aswell.

HiRunning 11.24.73 I have a new colleague that has been trained in ‘Command Center’, I’m someone with many years experience in ‘Commcell Console’ Is there an equivalent in ‘Command Center’ of the Commcell - Scheduler?Just being able to see what jobs are due to run and when in the future I spent a few minutes looking around, couldn’t find anything! Many thanksMark