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Pratik ChaudhariByte
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Azure VM Snapshot (Non IntelliSnap Backups)

Hello Everyone , In Azure We are taking daily incremental backups of Azure VM.Retention - 15 Days 1 CycleWe observed that Snapshots of all the VM are getting retained. When next job starts it deletes the snapshot and the latest snapshot is retained till the next backup.We are not using Intellisnap at all.Ideally as per process snapshot should get deleted after the backups:https://documentation.commvault.com/2022e/expert/31324_backup_process.html This is not happening resulting in increased cloud cost. Please advise.

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Nikos.Kyrm
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Pascal ZachByte
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Kubernetes - App-Consistent Backups using cvtasks

Hello,I'm currently working on K8s application-consistent backups through cvtasks. MongoDB is not mentioned in the documentation or on GitHub at AppConsistency/examples.https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/application_consistent_backups_for_kubernetes_using_cvtasks.htmlIs this just a limitation of the CVK8SDiscoverDB.sh script and can a cvtask for a MongoDB be created manually using command, ScriptText or LocalScript or can a MongoDB only be protected app-consistent using a pre/post scripts?Thank you.

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7 hours ago
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KameshBit
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How to backups VMs using Hyper-V cluster

We are having Hyper-V cluster with 2 nodes. we have installed VSA on 2 nodes and configuring the VM backups. Can we and how to use the hyper-v cluster for configuration of the VM backups.

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MichaelCapon
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2 days ago
maxime.mimran
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maxime.mimranBit
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Archive nutanix VM

Hello everyone,I'm asking this question because I haven't found any results on this subject.Is there any functionality for archiving virtual servers in a Nutanix AHV + Commvault infrastructure?For example, if I have cold storage, I right-click on the vm in commvault and then archive.Best regards,Have a nice day Max

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maxime.mimran
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2 days ago
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AbdulIkramByte
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vsa installed on mediaagent does not show in access node

Hi, We have installed VSA on physical mediaagent for SAN based backup.We have provided the access node on advanced options of subclient.Backups completed with SAN transport mode. While performing full VM restore, in the access node list it does not show physical VSA(aka MediaAgents).It shows all other VSA in the environment. We have all prerequisites installed like mono packages etc. We are in 11.32.59 and physical MA are redhat 9.x machines.Please advise.

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5 days ago
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Rupankan BhowmikByte
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error - Failed to install File System Core Package on azure stack hci Node

I have an HCI cluster 23h2 that I want to add for VM protection, but I'm unable to add the cluster in Commvault.The error message reads: 'Failed to install the File System Core Package. The credentials entered may not have permission to use WMI on the remote machine. Please check WMI configuration and user credentials.'Source: cv-hci, Process: DistributeSoftwareI verified credentials all is right. 

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6 days ago
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luhennBit
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VMware File Recovery Enabler for Linux question

Hi All,Is it possible to configure a VMware Access Node (deployed using the Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) template supplied by Commvault) as a Kubernetes Access Node?Is it possible to use it alternatively as a VMware Access Node and as a Kubernetes Access Node?I note that OVA “Access Node and MediaAgent 2024E” provides Oracle Linux Server release 9.4: 5.15.0-208.159.3.el9uek.x86_64. And that system requirements for Kubernetes Access Node require Oracle Linux 8.6, but I imagine this is a minimum value required…Thanks in advance for any explanation!Regards,Luc

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6 days ago
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Marcel GeisenByte
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VMware Cloud Director 10.6 support

Hello,in June vCloud Director 10.6 was released.As per documentation till now 10.5 is supported:https://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/essential/vmware_cloud_director_system_requirements.htmlI would be happy to know from Commvault Dev Team if they already working on it ? And is there already a timeline when it could be supported and in which version?Thank you very much in advance.BRMarcel

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7 days ago
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Ray DiackBit
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Hyper-V servers all appearing as media agents

Hi there, we’ve taken over an environment we did not install, and the client’s Hyper-V servers all appear to have the media agent role installed, and appear under the list of media agents, with disk libraries having mount points prepended with “IP” in front of the drive path.  I’ve never seen this before - and we don’t use Hyper-V in our other environments.  My guess is that they deployed the media agent in error.  Can someone running Hyper-V perhaps confirm for me please?  Thanks, Ray

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8 days ago
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Ivan GalliVaulter
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Azure Replication - Virtual Network assignment

Hello everyone,I’m currently testing VM replication from Azure to Azure (CS SW 11.32)I’d like to know if leaving “Auto” in the Virtual Network setting in the Recovery Target, preserve the same network of the source vms to the replicated vms in case of planned/unplanned failover.Thanks and regards

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11 days ago
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typer100Byte
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Retired VM not deleted automatically after rentention period

Hi. New to CV. I was under the impression that VM that have been retired would be deleted after their retention period.

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Mohamed Ramadan
12 days ago
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SSPByte
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Error Code: [91:115] Description: Unable to attach disks to virtual machine

We are restoring the Physical server to Azure using Virtualize me option. During the restoration we are getting below error message. Could someone please help me to fix the issue.  Error Code: [91:115] Description: Unable to attach disks to virtual machine   

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Mohamed Ramadan
13 days ago
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CarstenBit
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"merging" vcenter

i am trying to do a running merger of two  vcenter clients in commvault.the issue is that both a live right now, and the move of vms/datacenters will take a lot of time (another team is doing that)the vcenters are called Vcenter1 (old) and Vcenter2 (new)my initial plan was to simply recreate all the backupsets from the old vcenter including all the filters, settings etc. on the new vcenter, that way backup would catch newly moved entities “automatic”  but that does not seem to be possible since we filter the content of each backupsets/subclient by the “datacenter” attribute,  which requires that the new datacenter is browseable from the new vcenter. (which it wont be until migration starts for that particular datacenter. so i am struggling to find a way to stay ahead of the curve.is there any way to clone contents (backupsets/subclients of vcenter1 “1:1” into vcenter2 ?except for naming, the configuration of both follow the same pattern.i have been looking into the “clone_subclient_tem

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Scott Moseman
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16 days ago
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Base64Byte
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Nutanix AHV vTPM Backup

Hey Guys,I have a question.My customer has several Windows 11 VMs on his Nutanix. The problem is we cannot backup them. I have already read here in the forum that you should simply remove the vTPM. But this is not possible for this customer. Does anyone have this case?Surely it must be possible to back up the VMs anyway?

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16 days ago
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michaelfBit
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Does Anyone Automate Deletion of Guest VMs from vCenter After Final Backup?

Hi,We are looking at improving/automating our VM decommission process.At present, we have a dedicated VSA backup and Storage Policy that writes direct to tape media with 7 years retention on the backup copy.  This backup subclient runs on the weekend and targets a dedicated vCenter Resource Pool that is only for VMs scheduled to be decommissioned. As part of the decommission process, admins will move any VM that is to be retired into the Resource Pool and power it off ahead of the weekend backup to tape.We are now wondering if it is possible to also have this same backup job then delete the backed-up VM(s) from the vCenter/datastore so that an admin doesn’t have to manually do this the following Monday?Obviously, robustness and safety are paramount here, but just curious if anyone has achieved this and if so, how?Regards,Michael​​​​​​

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MichaelCapon
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19 days ago
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luhennBit
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Commvault CSI Volume Snapshot-Based Backups for Kubernetes (RHOCP) question

Hi All, When reading documentation for Commvault CSI Volume Snapshot-Based Backups for the backup process :  Backup Process for Kubernetes (commvault.com)I can find that : …/…Backup process creates a temporary pod and mount the temporary Persistent Volume Claim to read the data.  I understand that the Persistent Volume Claim is mounted on the CV Pod (temp). But what is the data path for the backup? Is it a egress trafic from CV Pod(temp) to Access Node?  (egress : process of data sharing externally through a network’s outbound traffic from a pod). Could you please explain?If so, is is possible to use a dedicated backup network between the CV pod and the Access Node?Thanks in advance for any explanation!Best regards,Luc

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L
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21 days ago
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TNOByte
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Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV) Port requirement

Hi,We have a RHEV environment that resides in a DMZ network segment.VSA Proxy is deployed within this env.  Our Commserv and Media Agents can connect to the  RHEV manager and the proxy ( One-Way ).Should that be enough for taking baackups ? or should we create some network toplogy for the RHEV client and proxy ?  Thanks

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Mohamed Ramadan
24 days ago
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KameshBit
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configure Hyper-V VM backups using scvmm instead of installing agent on Hyper-V node

Can we configure Hyper-V VM backups using scvmm instead of installing agent on Hyper-V node to take advantage of backups using VM tags.

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28 days ago
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sakuragiBit
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Does CommVault support Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM)

Hi all,  I had a question. Could not find it with a search, so maybe someone can help me out. Does CommVault support Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM)?I know Rubrik does not support it yet.  Best Regard

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Richard Kent
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29 days ago
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AbdulIkramByte
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Redhat Openstack as Hypervisor snapshot take quota check regards

Hi Team,We are using 11.32 version with CS/MA/VSA on same 1132.59.We have Redhat Openstack configured as Hypervisor.We maintain minimum 10-20% free space in storage for snapshot during backups.We observed there is one Instance with Volumes attached of size 10TB.it is strange that Backup job is looking for 20TB free space on the storage for taking snapshot.Is this requirement of Openstack or requirement of Commvault ? It does not make sense why it needs twice the size of Volumes for snapshots.Evidence is attached. Can this be check with Commvault development team ? I can raise a case if that is needed.But support asks logs and other stuff which takes long time.I just need confirmation from CV if this is normal?  

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1 month ago
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Stuart WalkerVaulter
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FREL equivalent for Windows

Hi Folks,Got a question about a primarily Linux Commvault install environmentIf all your Media Agents & VSA's (& COmmServe) are Linux, Do you need a Windows equivalent to a FREL (File Recovery Enabler for Linux)?I know Windows can’t natively read most Linux file systems, but my understanding is that Linux systems generally have native ability to mount/open Windows NTFS. I've also never seen any option for specifying a Windows FREL equivalent in the system

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Erase4ndReuseMedia
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1 month ago
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kishore kilariBit
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Hyperv Backups failed with disks Failure Reason: Virtual machine (abc) disks are not accessible. Ensure that the access node (VSA proxy) can read the source VM disks.

Hyperv Backups failed      Failure Reason: Virtual machine (abc) disks are not accessible. Ensure that the access node (VSA proxy) can read the source VM disks.  we are added Groups as access nodes on properties of Hyperv and those 2 groups are belongs to 2 clusters in hyperv .when ever schedule backup got triggered it will pickup wrong VSA as a Backup agent and its failling with subjected error. if i add manually those VSA proxies  in subclient level properties as a access nodes then backups are completing and working fine . how to eliminate this wrong allocation of VSA while backup , i hope commvault should figureout the correct host and VSA allocation , if not correct me  and please advice how we can overcome and i would like to use group level association of VSA on node on properties tab instead of subclient level. Thanks in Advance!!

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Nikos.Kyrm
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1 month ago
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backupByte
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Guest files restore taking Primary VSA even browsing from the Secondary Copy and Failing

Hi All,We have a VM backup with (VMware) VSA Snap. The same job was copied to secondary which was in Azure.Our VSA was later removed as there is no dependency on it.We are trying to restore few Guest Files from the VM backup from the secondary copy with Azure Media Agent and Library, but the restore is failing saying that the Old VSA was unable to communicate.Not sure why it is asking this way, even we are browsing it from Cloud MA which is having VSA installed on it.Our VM was a Windows Server, Old VSA is Windows and new MA/VSA is Linux.Any suggestions or idea, why it is taking it even we are giving other MA/VSA? Thanks in Advance.. Warm Regards,Sravan Kondeti

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1 month ago
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BathiniBit
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VMWare VSA Backups data flow

Backup Data flow in VMWare using the Hotadd transport mode for data transfer; Does it transfer data directly from ESxi server or VSA to library through MA?

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1 month ago
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KameshBit
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Firewall Ports for Hyper-V Backup & Restore

We want to migrate VMs from Vmware to Hyper-V using Commvault. The Hyper-V will be a cluster with SAN storage to store the Cluster files. The Hyper-V cluster will be hardened with Windows Firewall rules. What are the ports to be allowed for allowing Restore of VM from VMware to Hyper-V and Backups of Hyper-V VMs on Proxy.

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1 month ago

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