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Spartan9Byte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Question regarding Laptop Migration Assistant

Hello Team , We use Commvault for our Laptop environment and have around 40K laptops . Every year there will be active Laptop/OS upgrades . Looking for solution which help to migrate the laptops with all the user settings . Please share thoughts about Migration assistant . Thanks.

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S
Byte
28 minutes ago
P
Bit
Pascal KBit
asked in Software Upgrades and Updates

Commcell recovery after failed update to Platform release

Hello dear community,this is not a problem, but rather a kind of preparation. Our CommCell server is virtualised and runs under VMware. We are planning to upgrade our CommCell from version 11.24.94 to Commvault Platform Release 2023E (11.32). In case something goes wrong during the upgrade process, I was thinking of taking a snapshot of the VM running the CommCell before starting the update and then restoring this snapshot in an emergency to have the machine as it was before the update.Is this a viable option, or does the CommCell not cope so well when a snapshot is imported?Are there any other ways that you can recommend to restore the functionality?Thank you very much for your answers!Best regards,Pascal

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Scott Moseman
Vaulter
35 minutes ago
DaysAndCycles
Byte
DaysAndCycles
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Mix and Match Linux/Windows Media Agents?

Getting ready to deploy Commvault Media Agents to AWS EC2 instances.   A pair of Media Agents should do the job.     We have several sets of Windows or RedHat Media Agents in our environment.   Going with a pair of Windows Media Agents would require us to have a File Recovery Enabler for Linux VM, too.   Going with a pair of Linux Media Agents might require us to deploy a Windows proxy/access node VM.   Are we able to roll out a mixed pair of Media Agents, instead?     One Windows Media Agent, One Linux Media Agent.   Same global DDB.   I can’t find anything on it.  Curious to hear thoughts.   Thanks!   

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Vaulter
36 minutes ago
clecky
Vaulter
cleckyVaulter
asked in Getting Started

Getting the api equivalent to a gui action.

How do I get the api equivalent to this:  

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C
Vaulter
55 minutes ago
Y
Byte
yuneoByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

How to change Authentication method for local user

Hi ,I am doing some tests and create a new role and new local, but this local user is using SMAL Authentication method, I want to use local authentication, but I can not find a place to change it?Commvault version: v11.34.15 

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H
Vaulter
58 minutes ago
ApK
Byte
ApKByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

What is [AllocBuf Speed] in the cvd.log

Hi All. I’m doing some troubleshooting around restore speeds that are slow.I’m wondering what the [AllocBuf Speed] is covering in the cvd.log? Below is copied from the cvd.log6457 7993 04/18 12:17:13 19188780 [FSRESTHEAD ] 18-# Stats: [AllocBuf Speed] Curr Avg [1754.47] MB/Sec, Bytes [54561966768]; Total Avg [184.61] MB/Sec, Bytes [1039473982296] And a side question.The [Head Network] and the [Tail Network], is that covering the network transfer speed? Below is copied from the cvd.log16457 7993 04/18 12:17:13 19188780 Name [Head Network], Start Delay [549207.38 s], Avg [34.60 ms], Procsng Time [6421.69 s], Avg [404.62 us], Bytes [590.01 GB], Speed [94.08 MB/s], Samples [15870867] RCId [38] 9072  d40   04/18 12:17:13 19188780 Name [Tail Network], Start Delay [1202698.70 s], Avg [75.78 ms], Procsng Time [6708.37 s], Avg [422.68 us], Bytes [590.01 GB], Speed [90.06 MB/s], Samples [15870867] RCId [38] Appreciate if anyone could enlighten me. Regards-Anders

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ApK
Byte
1 hour ago
E
Bit
Eyal HobaraBit
asked in Getting Started

delete old backup from cloud in commvault commcell console

Hello I would appreciate an explanation of how I delete the backup from the cloud in order to start over. I tried to delete job - under storage policy -but it deleted only the backups that were added and not the first large copy which is 8 Tera i can delete just only the small job that are added with each backup.I want to literally delete everything and let the backup run again after I remove large VM.thx  

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J
Vaulter
1 hour ago
clecky
Vaulter
cleckyVaulter
asked in Getting Started

Gui Logging not working

I did shift-F8 to get gui logging going it created the GUI folder under C:\Program Files\Commvault\ContentStore\GUI but nothing is in the folder. I got the message that it was enabled but its not doing anything.Did the logging go somewhere else?  

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clecky
Vaulter
1 hour ago
A
Byte
ADN GMBHByte
asked in Getting Started

Information and Version Overview for Outlook Addin

Hi, we are looking for more information about the Outlook Addin.Is there a site, that list the current (and maybe previous) Versions?Also some patchnotes and/or compatibility information would be nice to read.Currently, the only reliable way to get the Version/Buildnumber is to download the software from https://documentation.commvault.com/11.26/expert/29115_outlook_add_in_packages.html Un-Zip the Exe-File and take a look into the CvInstaller.ini to find more information and the build number. Btw. did you know, that the Exe-File on the MA-Portal is from 2019, the file from the docs.commvault.com is from 2022?

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F
Byte
1 hour ago
DaysAndCycles
Byte
DaysAndCycles
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Nutanix AHV support for Indexing Version 2 - When will it be available?

Currently running Commvault 11.24.  Have several large Nutanix AHV clusters.   Nightly incremental backups are very efficient, but the weekly synthetic full backups are painfully slow.    Since Indexing Version 2 is not supported for Nutanix AHV, the synthetic full backups run with a single stream.    As a result, we have our backups for each cluster broken up into several subclients, and stagger the synthetic full backups across the week.    Furthermore, the impact of the Indexing Version 1 synthetic full backups seems to extend to Aux Copy events between our sites.   I believe that the synthetic full Nutanix AHV backup data is Aux Copying on a single stream.   Not good! Now, looking to the future, on 11.30, we can see that every hypervisor will support Indexing Version 2….except for Nutanix AHV!     Do any Commvault folks know when Indexing Version 2 will be available for Nutanix AHV? Thanks in advance, and Happy New Year!

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DaysAndCycles
Byte
1 hour ago
P
Byte
PPCByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

K8s Incremental restore

Do we have any option to perform Incremental restore.we have tested the Namespace and Application level restore( in and out of place restore). while performing the out of place restore for already existing namespace , if overwrite option is not enabled restoration fails and it succeeds if overwrite option is enabled. In backend this overwrite deletes all the existing resources from the namespaces and recreates again. we are not able to achieve the incremental restore which is not suitable for the TB’s of data size.

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S
Vaulter
1 hour ago
A
Byte
ADN GMBHByte
asked in Share Best Practices

Migrate Exchange Mail Archiver into Contentstore Mail Server

Hello, one of our customer want to move away from the Exchange Compliance Archive and the “Offline Contenten Indexing” as a Search Engine infrastructur.The new solution will be the ContentStore Mail Server - SMTP.The customer is planing to recall/restore all old mails from the old archiv into the “new” Client to also remove all the old entries of long retiered systems. Another Painpoint is, the old Search Engine hit the next limit (more then 100M object) and it would require a new Node to be added.Is there any way, to restore the data directly onto the ContentStore Mail Server, or do we need to have the messages restored into the exchange server and push them from there into the Contentstore Mail Server?Or am I missing any other Option for the migration steps?Kind RegardsJoerg

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A
Byte
2 hours ago
B
Byte
Brent AtwoodByte
asked in SaaS (Metallic) Q&A

Azure agent not running after Cross-Hypervisor Restore

Hello,We are running some pre-DR tests and workflows and I have come across an issue with VMWare VM restores (Windows) to Azure.  Basically, the Azure agent does not get installed.  The server can be reached through RDP, but other extensions that require the Azure agent, won’t work.  I worked with Microsoft and they showed me how to install the agent, both online and offline.  However, looking through the documentation, Converting to Azure Resource Manager (metallic.io), I see a mention of installing Hyper-V drivers for Linux, but nothing for Windows machines.Is this normal behavior?Thank you!

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B
Byte
2 hours ago
I
Byte
Ingo MausByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Kubernetes licensing

Hi everyone,how is Kubernetes backup licensed within Commvault (not Metallic)? I found nothing in the Licensing Program Guide. I know VSA is used, so I assume it’s a per Container license. Can anyone provide an example setup and its related license requirements. Thanks.

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R
Bit
2 hours ago
J
Byte
JoergByte
asked in Virtualization and Containers

When it planned to support Proxmox hypervisor for backup?

Reason for my question is Broadcom/vmware deal. Our Customers ask if Commvault supports ProxmoxDocumentation.commvaut.com 11.34 show that PROXMOX is not supported.Research in comunity shows a two year old topic where someone asked the same question.Two year are a long time so I want to ask if and when Commvault plans to support Proxmox?Thanks in advanceJoerg 

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G
Vaulter
4 hours ago
E
Byte
Egor SkepkoByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

FS Agent taking to long

Hello, I have some issue with finishing on time with FS Agent backup, the widow time is 6 hours. Till 2 weeks ago i had no probleem with scanning and then starting backup., but now the scan taking to long and then starting of backup taking to long aswell.  Here is some logs of last failed backup. The backup staerting at 2AM, the scan finished at 5AM, there is 3 hour more to take the backup and 8 am the job wil be killed because of run time.  The amount of files is not really changed

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E
Byte
8 hours ago
C
Byte
Chris van OorspronkByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

PostgreSQL error

Hello, I’m running PostgreSQL v13.14 on RedHat 8.9 I want to restore a PostgreSQL Instance from FSBasedBackupSet.This will only work if I made a Full backup before I start the restore. Otherwise I got the error:Cannot start restore program on host [xxxx*xxxx*8400*8402] - a network error occurred or the product's services are not running.Source: wi823-sep, Process: fsIndexedRestoreThis is the link I use:https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/essential/restoring_one_or_more_postgresql_databases.html. But why must I do a Full backup before starting the restore. What if the Instance is corrupt and I can’t start a backup?  

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C
Byte
9 hours ago
A
Byte
Anders Trier RasmussenByte
asked in HyperScale X Q&A

Hyperscale X 2.x change meta disk drive

Hi I am trying to change physical disk for the Commvault HyperScale X 2.x node. I am following the Commvault procedure.https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/replacing_metadata_drives_on_nodes_for_hyperscale_x_reference_architecture.html But when I am trying to change the disk, I am getting this error:[admin@klpmda12-nbk Base]$ ./CVSDS -m -l /dev/sdb -V CDS/opt/commvault/Base/cvsds: invalid option -- 'V'Please confirm that the node has been rebooted after replacing the damaged metadata drive. Press ‘y’ to confirm and continue with the process [y/n]:yThis option for Metadata Drive Replacement is supported only for HyperScale 1.xFailed to reconfigure meta data storage[admin@klpmda12-nbk Base]$ Does any one know the procedure for changing the meta data disk for a HyperScale 2.x ?Thanks in advance

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Emils
Vaulter
10 hours ago
D
Bit
DCJBit
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Update password for domain account used to run tasks/jobs within Commvault

HiWe presently run Commvault version 11.28.36 For some backup tasks/jobs we are using domain accounts. If we update the password to one of these account in Active Directory where do we update the password for the account in Commvault so the task/jobs continue to run?Kind Regards Dean

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E
Byte
10 hours ago
S
Commvault Certified Expert
SSchmidtCommvault Certified Expert
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Multiplexing On Tape

Hi All, we are actually troubleshooting an perforamnce problem.  There is an Sync Copy top Tape ( LTO 8 )  2 Mediaagents in a ms csv cluster. When we use combinded streams 1 and multiplexing 1 we only get max 400GB/H troughput the normal jobs have 100GB/h mixed data.  If we increase the multiplexing to 8 and combided to streams 1 the performence grows up over 1500GB/h .  so i have 2 Questions: Is there an limitaion in the stream troughput ? So can 1 Stream only use x GB/h Wich impact has the multiplexing on tape for the DR Restore process, Does it realy impact the performance so the tape getting in wind/rewind process ? 

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S
Bit
11 hours ago
T
Byte
TD89Byte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Disaster Recovery

Hi,In today's unpredictable world, data loss can strike from anywhere – a natural disaster, ransomware attack, or even human error. I do the DR backup everyday. I just wonder, when disasters happen, what are the most critical things do I need to get our data back? Stable internet connection Access to CommServer Access to HyperScale nodes Access to tapesThank you.

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E
Byte
15 hours ago
R
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Rafael SantosBit
asked in Virtualization and Containers

calculation of storage size for backup per vm (virtual Server)

Dear,Today I back up my environment with volume licenses, now I will use vm package licenses.With this I will change my backup mode from file system to virtual Server.QuestionWill my backup volume change?Is there any calculation to size the storage size of my backup in Virtual Server mode?

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R
Bit
17 hours ago
S
Byte
Sergio VByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

Azure Kubernetes Service Licensing

Hello, Quick question - Is Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) licensed per VM just like normal on-prem Kubernetes? Could it also be licensed per TB?Thanks in advance! Sergio

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S
Byte
17 hours ago
E
Byte
ETOByte
asked in Self-Hosted Q&A

How to decrease or delete Data Classification on server

HelloWwe are using optimazed scan for a windows server. But It crates a small database and this dataabse does low space on disk.This DB has been crates on E:\System Volume Information\Commvault\Data Classification   I have changed scan method as Recursive Scan and I have added this additional settings. But ITs still having space on disk. can you help how to delete is please?  

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C
Vaulter
19 hours ago
Z
Bit
ZephBit
posted in Share Best Practices

How to Identify log entries related DR Backup failure, Tape Drive Failures and Commvault Service down alerts

Dear All, I am trying to generate automatic tickets whenever there are important events logged, that needs attention. Below are the three scenarios for which I need to open ticketsDR Backup FailuresCommvault Services down on the clientsMedia Failures All I am requesting you is:Where will the log files be saved for all above mentioned scenarios?How do I identify the events from the logs? (Any keywords or patterns) based on your response, I will develop a script to pick the events from the log files and later integrate with our monitoring tools for auto-ticket generation. Thank you!

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H
Vaulter
23 hours ago

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