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Hardened Linux Commvault Media Agent (baremetal)

  • September 1, 2025
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Hi there, 

We are looking at possibly using a Rocky Linux based media agent, I was just wondering if there were any “Hardened Linux Commvault Media agent images for Bare Metal at all? 

We are currently running version 11.32, moving to 11.36 within the next couple of weeks. 

Have people used a linux media agents widely? and which flavours have you seen at all? 

TIA

Dan Everitt

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  • Vaulter
  • September 2, 2025

Hi ​@Daniel Everitt ,

Bare-metal “hardened image” is not available for MediaAgents. 

The below two versions are supported for Media Agent package,

Rocky Linux 9.x with glibc 2.34.x -x64
Rocky Linux 8.x with glibc 2.28.x -x64

 

https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/commcell-console/mediaagent_system_requirements.html

 

Regards,

Wasim


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Hi ​@Daniel Everitt ,

Bare-metal “hardened image” is not available for MediaAgents. 

The below two versions are supported for Media Agent package,

Rocky Linux 9.x with glibc 2.34.x -x64
Rocky Linux 8.x with glibc 2.28.x -x64

 

https://documentation.commvault.com/2024e/commcell-console/mediaagent_system_requirements.html

 

Regards,

Wasim

HI Wasim, 

Do you have any hardened Scripts available at all for Rocky 9? 

Or at least recommended steps to take? 

Thanks, 

Dan


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  • October 10, 2025

Hello,

I would like to ask if there is already a hardened OS available for media agents?

 

Thanks,

Luke


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Hello,

I would like to ask if there is already a hardened OS available for media agents?

 

Thanks,

Luke

HI Luke, 

I dont believe so yet no, we went with rocky 9.6 in the end and are working with our Linux team to harden it further. 

Thanks, 

Dan