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Dedicated Interface Paring (DIP) for VMware backup, and HyperScaleX as target

Good day!We have a requirement to route VMware backup over the dedicated VMkernel network on ESXI hosts. Unfortunately, the CommVault solution does not have a proper method to route VMware backup traffic over 902 (NFC) to HyperscaleX. If I’m correct the “Dedicated Interface Paring (DIP)” will not work for the VMware backup type.  Please let me know if there are some improvements made in the latest Version to manage VMware backup traffic using DIP.Below are the environment details, IP, and names being just dummy, curious to know if it will work if I use a host file entry to route traffic over a dedicated VMkernel network. Commserve:   IP and NameMGMT -→ 192.168.10.10 cs01.test.comBackup -→ 10.0.8.10HyperScaleX:  Network label, IP and Name. Three node HSX cluster. Bond1 has sub interfaces. Bond1.1 → CS-Reg → 192.168.10.11 HSX01.test.com, 192.168.10.12 HSX02.test.com, 192.168.10.12 HSX03.test.com → This has DNS entry.Bond1.2 → Data Protection 10.0.8.11, 10.0.8.12, 10.0.8.13Bond2 → Storage

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Joerg PauknerBit
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Does CV (11.28) support Azure Stack HCI 23H2

Hello, we are planning to install an Azure Stack HCI 23H2 cluster.Does CV (11.28) currently support this version for Backup and Recovery? I find in the documentation “Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 and more recent versions”.Thanks in advance.Jörg

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Carl Brault
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Auto-Recovery Conversion from VMware to Azure AVS

Good Day Community,Few questions regarding Auto Recovery from VMware to Azure AVS (Azure VMware Solution).First, I do not see clearly on the documentation site if Auto-Recovery supports VMware to AVS replication (although it is VMware to Vmware (theoretically), I’d still like to validate if it is supported.Second, will the restore still be an incremental restore.Thisrd, if the customer decides to go with Auto-Recovery between VMware and standard Azure VMs instead of AVS, will the restore still be an incremental restore.Many thanks in advance for your kind help.

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Carmine BollettinoByte
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VM recovery in a new cluster

Good morning,I have the following question to ask:In a Disaster Recovery scenario, how do I restore a VM from the Metallic backup to a new infrastructure? In my case in a new Nutanix cluster?Thank youCarmine

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LucyByte
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Cannot find equivalent of backupset vm filters in Command Center

We’ve done a big hardware refresh and are migrating all our VMs to a new Virtual Center. Our backup environment is not changing at this time so all the storage, media agents etc are all set up and happy already.I thought I’d take the opportunity to “modernise” our backups at the same time, starting to use plans instead of storage and schedule policies and hopefully get to the point where we can largely leave the java console behind and use the Command Center. Our Commvault environment is very mature (20 years) and a lot of work has gone into keeping it in good shape over the years, through many upgrades and hardware refreshes. It works beautifully. So I am pretty old school and very familiar with the old console. Not loving plans if I’m honest, we have two on prem blocks of storage and one cloud library, and we tend to keep everything on the same retention periods. We do use a lot of different schedules so I’m finding the concept where it creates a whole new storage policy for every sc

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Carmine Bollettino
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Carmine BollettinoByte
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Restore of a backup is not possible

Hi,I can no longer restore a backup.Now clicking on Restore opens a blank page.The backup is hosted on server m.102I need your help.ThanksCarmine   

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

Hello All,    

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downhillByte
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what creates cv-config namespace and is it required

Our container SME noticed that there was a new namespace created a couple days ago which appears “empty” for the most part. This page talks about it but sort of implies it requires manual steps to set up.Nobody did anything to push this into the cluster, and, we protect 4 distinct clusters with cvlt yet only one of them has this new namespace in it. All 4 are backing up just fine (all namespaces that is) so, what is it and why does it appear to be randomly created in our clusters?thanks!

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TonyQByte
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Moving data back from hot storage to archive manually

Hello fellow Commvaulters, I hope someone can help.  We had a case recently raised with Commvault where data that was used to restore data from Azure Archive to Hot Storage.  However even though the job completed months ago, it was noticed by our Cloud Services Team that the data was still sitting in Hot Tier Storage which was costing a premium.  Commvault’s documentation states the below.  However does anyone know how we can empty this container manually? Second question is the below states “Move back data from Hot to Archive”.  Where is this option on the workflow?  I couldn’t see it?  There is an option to tick “Auto-archive recalled files on restore job completion”.  This was ticked for our recall, but still the data remained in Hot Tier.  Surely this should not be the case? ThanksTonyQ If you execute the workflow with backup job as input, execute the workflow again and select the Move back data from Hot to Archive option when prompted. Data will be deleted from the cvshadowcopy-do

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SSPByte
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Virtualize me windows 2019 to Azure

We are performing the Physical server restoration to Azure with Virtualize me option form the command center, During the restore we are getting below error. Same server if we perform the Virtualize me restoration from the GUI console, the restoration will be success but the server is not booting in the Azure. also we noticed during the restore the multiple VHD are getting created. But the server is having only 2 drive C and F. Also i want to highlight here, In the general tab we are not bale to list/select the Hypervisor client, there is bug in it. Could you please help me to fix the issue.   

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SSPByte
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Azure VM Snapshot (Non IntelliSnap Backups) - failing with Error Code: [91:113]

Azure VM backups are getting failed with below error code, Snapshot getting created post that getting unable to read the disk.  log file attached   Error Code: [91:113]Description: Unable to read the disk [https://md-r5sp1nzjkxs1.z7.blob.storage.azure.net/bt5kpx01pl3t/abcd?snapshot=2024-02-17T21%3A00%3A28.0030944Z&sv=2018-11-09&sr=bs&si=ff7b9b039aa14394bae0b2f59321f9726cd73ffc95b549589fcd0d1abefee679&sig=KfuFaTyCvVXB15PVlcnZSxU0CGie22f8oPVAcqfEoQQ%3D] for virtual machine [SAPTESTVMW01] on Host [rg-dev-sapapp-001]. [One or more errors occurred while processing the request. (ERROR_ERRORS_ENCOUNTERED.774), Failed to get allocated extents (W32.774)]Source: weazmgtabkp04, Process: vsbkp 

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FBDAdminBit
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VSA proxy Server Specs For Nutanix AHV

Hello All,  Please we need to deploy VSA proxy for Nutanix AHX  clusters and we want to know the best specs for the VSA VM. also can Oracle 9 or Redhat 9 be used. which is more compatible.

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caroByte
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Error code: [91:113] Unable to read the disk

Hello, please if you can help me I have this error when I take a full backup of a VM this Job advances 36% then I get this error. Maybe someone had experience with that error.“ Error code: [91:113] Description: Unable to read the disk [[PSLP40TBSSD03] clon bit01/clon bdnit01_3.vmdk] for virtual machine [S-NAL-BDNIT-01] on Host “

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ParthasaradhiBit
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Does Commavult 11.32.54 support Proxmox hypervisor, For backup solution ?

Hi There,We are running on Commvault 11.32.54, Is Commvault supporting Proxmox hypervisor for backup solution.Is there any other solutions available for Proxmox hypervisor VM’s to cover under Commvault. Please provide me the doc, if available. 

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Deepak DhimanBit
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Need help in vm periodic replication

Hi We have two site main DC and DR site and I want to replicate a vm from DC to DR and we have mediaagent on both site.What is happening right now is when replication happen it first take backup (dedupe) and then restore from backup to DR site and while restoring process full vm original size and it is choking the bandwidthThen i take the call with support and he suggested to check the “replicate using secondary copy option” and choose DR mediaagent as storage in secondary copyNow when replication trigger it first take backup in main DC site then aux copy trigger from DC  to DR site then replication happen but it still restoring the vm from main DC not DR. Can anyone help here?

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Kumar DevarajByte
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Unable to install MSSQL agent

Hi team, I am trying to install MSSQL agent on server which is running Windows 2008 R2. I am getting below error while installing. Please help me on this.install.log   

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Juergen
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JuergenByte
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OLVM version 4.5

Hello,do anyone know when Commvault will support OLVM 4.5?regards Juergen

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LaurentByte
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Migration of Indexing v1 to v2 for multiple pseudo-clients targetting the same VCenter

Hello !There are many helpful links and docs about VSA Indexing v1 to v2 migration, requirements and post-migration tasks.. But as of now, I have not yet found the answer to my question regarding my environment.  We have a single VMWare VCenter, lets call it VCENTER.This single VCENTER server manages multiple locations, like USA, CANADA, INDIA, etc.., where each time we have a corresponding VMWare Datacenter, with ESXes, VMs we need to backup, and MAs. In our Commvault environment so far, for internal reasons, I have created a VMWare Pseudo client for each location, like :VCENTER-USAVCENTER-CANADAVCENTER-INDIA Each point to the same VCENTER, but the VSA configuration for proxies, SPs and target VMs to backup are different as they’re pointing to the servers for each location.They were all created using indexing v1.So far I can only migrate using the indexing v1 to v2 workflow.My question is, is it possible to update only 1 of those pseudo client, like VCENTER-INDIA, AND to not affect th

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we are doing Planned Failover for Vmware to Hyperv Migration , but we are seeing missed VMs in target host while failover job running multiple missing instances are created

we are doing Planned Failover for Vmware to Hyperv Migration Activity  ,but we are seeing missed VMs in target host ,after failover job completed,multiple missing VMs  are created  for single VM  how to overcome this issue , is there any way we can prevent this missing VMs .

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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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kagoByte
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Convert client computer to virtual machine

Hi All, Commvault indicated in the documentation how to virtualize the  physical machinehttps://documentation.commvault.com/2023e/expert/create_virtual_machine.htmlbut I still have a question about the behavior after virtualizationThe Windows client is planned to be virtualized and has iSCSI disks connected.After virtualization and connecting these disks to the virtualized machine, will it be necessary to perform a full backup?The same disks with the same data will be on the virtualized machine.Will Commvault maintain continuity of backups in such a case?  

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mzatorByte
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Azure vm's in multiple subscriptions - how many azure clients needed ?

Hello Team. Customer has moved on-prem vmware ms windows vm’s to azure as azure vm instances. They say they have the vm’s in 4 separate subscriptions and provided 4 subscription ID’s. The CV Azure Client has only 1ea. field for a subscription ID. To protect these vm’s, will 4ea. CV Azure Clients need to be created ?

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Felipe TenorioVaulter
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Vmware named disk backip

Hi Does anyone has experience how to backup Vcloud Director named disks?  https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Cloud-Director/10.4/VMware-Cloud-Director-Tenant-Portal-Guide/GUID-8F8BFCD3-071A-4E45-BAC0-A9B78F2C19CE.html TksFT

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Onno van den Berg
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Alexey TesovByte
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Not able to execute Backup-CVVirtualMachine

Hi All,I am trying to run Backup-CVVirtualMachine -Name $vm -ClientName $vcenterbut receive thisI tried to reinstall CVPowershellSDK but it did not help me much, the error stills the same :( 

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MountainGoatByte
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Virtual Media Agents - Anything specific in the config

Hi Vaulters,We have a project to deploy a virtual MA into an ESX environment.It will backup other VM’s in the ESX environment.Are there any specifics that I need to be aware of?Will SAN transport be available rather than NBD?I don’t see any specific Virtual requirements in the docco so let me know if there are any, thanks. 

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