What is the Commvault Service pack version installed?
Hello Steve,
The Commvault Data Domain Boost Client library will allow MediaAgents and servers running workloads to be a full featured client of the Dell EMC
Data Domain, leveraging the native APIs of the DD Boost SDK with direct data movement to and from the storage device.
This will leverage client-side native Data Domain deduplication, and API based file copy and synthesis for optimized auxiliary copies and synthetic full backups.
Auxiliary Copies will leverage the native DD Boost APIs for optimized data movement
https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/158234_data_domain_boost_storage_library.html
This feature is part of the Commvault Early Adopter program, and you need prior approval to implement it. https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/145861_early_adopter_program.html
Good morning!
Thank you for your answers.
I did get a document from Commvault and as Swati mentionned, this is in the early stages. The 11.32.26 patch was applied and by selecting the “DDBoost Client” when creating the library we were able to get the behavior we wanted. The DataDomains are using their own replication to do the aux copy, therefore freeing the MediaAgent from its data mover role.
It also seems that by using the “Storage Accelerator” package on the clients, they will be able to write directly to the DataDomain. We have yet to test it.
Hello Steve,
Yes, using Storage Accelerator package on the client they will write directly to the storage.