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ID_HelmyBit
asked in Virtualization

Where to install VSA to backup VM on GCP?

Where to install VSA to backup VM on GCP? and is there a document on how to install VSA to GCP? Please Advice, Thanks,Helmy

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Bit
2 hours ago
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Iqbal_msiBit
asked in Virtualization

VM livesync from secondary copy

Hi, We will implementing vm livesync to DR, but considering bandwidth limitation can we set livesync data from secondary copy. https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/100033_live_sync_options_for_subclient_vmware.htmlwhat i learn from this link is no option to choose from which backup copy we doing livesync. so does livesync limitation on primary backup only?

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Bit
12 hours ago
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Dar KoBit
asked in Virtualization

Virtualisation Hyper-V Hypervisor Error

Hi all.I have new Commvault 11.30.32  instaled with core installation done.When I try to add Hypervisor for Hyper-V when I press discover nodes i get this error:INFO: [String or binary data would be truncated.] [RecNum:1, Object:AppGetAccessNodeCandidates, State:22001, NativeErr:8152, Proc:dbo.AppGetAccessNodeCandidates, RowNum:1, Severity:16, LineNum:269, Spid:157] INFO: [The statement has been terminated.] [RecNum:2, LineNum:269, Spid:157] 

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Matthew M. Magbee
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4 days ago
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0ber0nByte
posted in Virtualization

VM Backup Definition Suggestions

Hi team,I need a recommendation for our vmware backups.Our situation is as follows;Definition 1: With DefaultBackupSet, we back up approximately 1000 VMs with a large number of subclients every day with incr and on weekends with Synthetic Full.Definition 2: With another BackupSet, we are backing up VMs with 1 tag in Vcenter every Friday. There are about 2500 VMs. Jobs work as incr on Friday, we can't run full because backup takes too long. We shorten the time by taking incr and Synthetic Full works after the subclient is finished.Both types of backup are done with NBD, not suitable for our SAN and Hot-add environment.We use 10 virtual proxies in total.Since backups working with Definition 2 start incr, if it has a new VM tag, it automatically converts to Full. If there is a VM backed up with both definitions, it continues as Incr.Now the config made here may be wrong, but I need this, what do you recommend?- As in Definition 1, I have to back up about 1000 VMs every day.- As in Definit

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Byte
1 day ago
J
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jgentemanByte
asked in Virtualization

VAIO Setup

Hi everyone. I am currently testing and documenting the setup of the continuous replication (VAIO) in a test environment. When installing the VAIO filters, I keep getting, “The operation is not allowed in the current state.” I used the built-in administrator too. I can’t open a support ticket as it is not a licensed CS. Just wondering if anyone else has seen this?4300  80    03/07 15:48:59 30  Failed to install IO filter http://VAIO-CS:80/webconsole/downloads/VAIO/cvtblrh/7.0/1.23.4/offline-bundle.zip on cluster WL-dHCI, Error:[The operation is not allowed in the current state.]4300  80    03/07 15:48:59 30  CBlrDrvInstall::Install(480) - Failed to install Head IO filter. Host:[vcenter_name_removed] Err:[0xFFFFFFFF:{BlrVSOperation::InstallIOFilter(700)/Int.-1.0xFFFFFFFF-Couldn't install Head IO filter}] Thanks,John

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Byte
20 days ago
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Arvind NarangBit
asked in Virtualization

How VM snapshot is created?

How VM snapshot is created?Who is the snapshot requestor?Who is the writer?

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christopherlecky
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20 days ago
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xiwenByte
asked in Virtualization

How to backup unattached Azure disk?

I have more unattached Azure disk which created ASR, no Azure VM to manage these unattached Azure disk, how to use Commvault to backup these disks?

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Damian Andre
Vaulter
21 days ago
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Byte
G-DubsByte
asked in Virtualization

For V2 Vm backup in 2 different groups

hello all, was wondering if there is a way to tell if 1 VM is in 2 different VM groups which will lead to the VM being backed up twice? may be a report or alerts? 

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G
Byte
17 days ago
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Byte
EddiByte
asked in Virtualization

Media Agent on Azure Cloud not available as Proxy while restoring a VM

Hello,we are currently trying to restore a VM over a Media Agent sitting in a Azure cloud. The Media Agent sitting in the cloud has the VSA installed but can not be selected as Proxy Client in the “Restore VM” window. I was reading threw documentations and found this: Managing Proxies (commvault.com)the important part: Any machine where the VSA is installed can act as a VSA proxyAm I missing some settings?ThanksEddi

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E
Byte
22 days ago
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Elmahdi Achraf
asked in Virtualization

Cannot read disque

 I'm trying to backup Virtual machines on VMware.All backups are ok except two vms.I have this errorCannot read disque [[Datastore2-Compellent] SRV-EXCHANGE/SRV-EXCHANGE-000002.vmdk] for virtual machine [SRV-EXCHANGE] on the host [esxi03.domain.local]. [Une ou plusieurs erreurs se sont produites lors du traitement de la demande. (ERROR_ERRORS_ENCOUNTERED.774) , Échec de ReadCurrVmdkFile (W32.774)]I have verified the connection between the access node and vice and the ESXIs all fine.But I noticed that commvault try to access to vmdk disk that didn't exist on the VMs.i have tow VMDK Files for two virtual disks that called  “SRV-EXCHANGE/SRV-EXCHANGE-1-000028.vmdk and SRV-EXCHANGE/SRV-EXCHANGE-000004.vmdk” for this vm.Someone has a solution for this 

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13 days ago
R
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RekhaBit
asked in Virtualization

Linux File system restore to "/" partition

Hello team, We have VM backups configured for GCP machines in our environment. Now we have the below scenario as we need to update custom hostname for the machines through terraform which needs deletion and recreation of VM. The approach we followed is as below.1. Take FS backup of the machine2. Delete and recreate the machine with custom hostname3. Have the FS backup restored to the newly created machine so that we have the system back to the state it was before the deletion.While trying this approach we are encountering many issues like losing connectivity to the machine, data which says restored on the console but not visible at the OS level and so on. We had raised a support case as well and got an update that we cannot do a full "/" restore as this will overwrite the kernel OS file which will crash the system during the restore phase and OS level files/directory you should not overwrite on a running machine (/usr /etc /lib /root /boot etc) Could someone please let us know what wou

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R
Bit
26 days ago
T
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Tore MLByte
asked in Virtualization

VSA - backup marked as failed when no servers

HiWe have different subclients marked as Plus or Basic - all depending om retention.Some of the basic subclient don’t have any servers (at this time) so the jobs are marked as failed. Is there any option to get this job marked at completed with errors / completed - or don’t run the job when there is no vm’s 

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RubeckDK
Byte
1 month ago
T
Byte
TNOByte
asked in Virtualization

Redhat 8.* file level recovery

Hi,Can HSX nodes running with RedHat 7.9 can be used as FREL for Linux VM’s running RedHat8.* ?I know it is not working for us on version 11.28.24. Is it supported on higher versions ? Thanks

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T
Byte
1 month ago
M
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MomaBit
asked in Virtualization

Delete old backups from servers

Hi,How to make sure that CommCell delete the old backups ?  I am running CommServe v 11:28:19  Thanks 

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Vaulter
1 month ago
A
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Arun Kumar DadiBit
asked in Virtualization

Ubuntu KVM backup compatability

Does a ubuntu KVM backup will be supported by commvault?

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O
Vaulter
1 month ago
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Byte
BatuhanByte
asked in Virtualization

Azure SQL client doesnt disvocer DB

Hi, I conifged Azure client with SQL Server agents but I cannot discover any DB in subclient. Client status ready and I didnot collect logs. What can I do? 

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Vaulter
1 month ago
Juergen
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JuergenByte
asked in Virtualization

VMware intellisnap netapp

Hello,To improve out RTO time we are thinking about following scenario:current we backup VM via VSA backup to MA, and AuxCopy then the data to a CIFS share which is sitting on a NetApp with SnapLock configured . In case of ransomware attack, we will restoration via VM restoration process from the CIFS share.In future we want restore in case of disaster direct the volume which host the VMsnow my question is possible to handle this during commvault completely?  VM backup configured with IntelliSnap take snapshot on volume, then it triggers a SnapVault to a NearStore only for full backups (SnapLock configured), after this it takes backup copy for standard backup, where we have longer retention and possibility to restore single VM or single files….In case of disaster, we can restore full backup volume via IntelliSnap restoration then we restore VM backups from the standard backup. This should be much faster as restore whole VM from VSA backups.Question is will this work, or is there a thin

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Juergen
Byte
1 month ago
R
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Raj BalarajByte
posted in Virtualization

Intellisnap vs VM backup

Hi Team,in my environment, i have backup SAN & NAS for remote site using IntelliSnap.This is totally different country where using different network ISP.The Snap backup will come to secondary storage first(AUX Copy) before backup to Commvault Storage(Backup Copy).Another site, we run normal SAN backup(without IntelliSnap), where the plant just away about 5km(Direct backup to Commvault Storage).For SAN we using IntelliSnap. My Question:1. Can we skip the secondary storage for Aux copy and direct backup to Commvault Storage? (with / without IntelliSnap) for remote site? What are the disadvantages? Do we call the VM backup without IntelliSnap is VSA backup? As per my understanding, the normal VM backup will wait for each snap to finish backup and remove at last. it may take longer time for remote site and impact the Real Time backup. If create IntelliSnap snapshot and backup to Commvault storage directly, does it need host to mount from local snapshot storage?   

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Vaulter
1 month ago
N
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Niraj_LkoBit
asked in Virtualization

VM Backup Failed with Error "VDDK Version 6.5 or higher cannot be used to access virtual machines on hosts running ESX 5.1 or lower."

Hi,Multiple VM backups are failing with error “VDDK Version 6.5 or higher cannot be used to access virtual machines on hosts running ESX 5.1 or lower.”Any idea on this isse? Niraj

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Vaulter
1 month ago
F
Byte
FeRoxByte
asked in Virtualization

Block Level Backup Options-Optimize for Table Level Restore.

Dear Sirs, please help me: In SQL databases more exactly in Properties-Advanced Options- Block Level Backup Options-Optimize for Table Level Restore.Does this option work for backups that are on tape or does it only apply to disk? What is the impact of activating this option?Thank For Your Help.(attached image) 

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Vaulter
1 month ago
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Patrick Bidondo
asked in Virtualization

VM backup issue ( Vmware)

I encounter a problem when backing up a few VMs in my Vmware Vsphere 7 environnment : Cannot read disk [[Datastore2-Compellent] xxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxx-000002.vmdk] for virtual machine [SRV-xxxxxxxxx] on the host [esxi03.xxxxx.xx].[One or more errors occurred while processing the request. (ERROR_ERRORS_ENCOUNTERED.774), ReadCurrVmdkFile (W32.774) Failed] I red on some forums that a Storage Vmotion could resolve the issue on vmdk files, but my management do not want go through this path because this VM is in our production environment. Is there any other solutions ?Regards,

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1 month ago
Robert Horowski
Commvault Certified Expert
Robert HorowskiCommvault Certified Expert
asked in Virtualization

CV Lab Gateway is EoS

Hi,I am trying to setup vlab for a customer, following documentationhttps://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/33029_creating_restore_as_lab_policy_for_vmware.htmland looking for Lab Gateway ova I got to the image on store.commvualt.comhttps://cloud.commvault.com/webconsole/softwarestore/store.do#!/133/617/6118which is very outdated to say at least - both OS and CV version this image is built on, are already EoS. Is there anything newer I can use for gateway?

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Vaulter
6 days ago
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Carl Brault
asked in Virtualization

Convert VMware to Azure VM D: Drive Issues

Good day community!Maybe one of you encountered the issue and know how to resolve.We have a customer with VMware VMs that are backed up and that we need to restore as Azure VMs.But here is the problem. The customer VMware VMs have D: drives with data. When they are converted to Azure VMz, it fails, since Azure adds a D: drive to the VMs with the Windows pagefile on it. It does not seem like we can change the drive letter for those pagefile drives, but we can’t also change the drive letter on the VMware VMs since apps are referring to that drive letter. 😣Anyone encountered this and have an answer?Many thanks in advance.

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1 month ago
I
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IlanaBit
asked in Virtualization

How to restore single VM

Hello,I need to restore single vm to my vcenter. What is the right steps to do it?Thanks a lot

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Vaulter
1 month ago
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rajkumar.d
asked in Virtualization

Nutanix Error opening the disks for the virtual machine. Access node is unable to mount nfs share.

Hello All,    

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1 month ago

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