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Newsletter September 15, 2014
New Features Version 10 Release 2 (R2)
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Contents:
Server ..................................................................................................... 3 Business Process Automation .................................................................................... 3 Global Repository Cell (GRC) ..................................................................................... 4 REST API ..................................................................................................................... 4 Log Monitoring – Early Release Feature .................................................................... 5
Backup ................................................................................................... 6 AlwaysOn MSSQL Availability Groups........................................................................ 6 Block-Level Backup Support for File System Data ..................................................... 6 Hyper-V Support for Virtualize Me ............................................................................ 7 AS/400 (iSeries) Backup Support – Early Release Feature ......................................... 8 Support for SharePoint RBS – Early Release Feature................................................. 8
Archiving ................................................................................................ 9 ContentStore Email Viewer ....................................................................................... 9 Exchange Mailbox Backup Quota ............................................................................ 10 Exchange Mailbox End-User Erase........................................................................... 10 PST Archiving ........................................................................................................... 10 Oracle Database Archiving – Early Release Feature ................................................ 11
Deduplication ....................................................................................... 12 Deduplicated Data Verification................................................................................ 12 Resynchronizing the Deduplication Database ......................................................... 12
Virtualization ........................................................................................ 12 Live File Recovery with Enhanced UNIX-Based File System Support (VMware) ...... 12 VM Archiving (VMware) .......................................................................................... 13 Virtual Machine Conversion (VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V) ................................ 14 VM Lifecycle Management ...................................................................................... 15 Citrix Xen Support – Early Release Feature ............................................................. 15 Live Mount of Virtual Machines (VMware) – Early Release Feature ....................... 16 Live Recovery for Virtual Machines (VMware) – Early Release Feature .................. 16 Live Sync Replication of Virtual Machines - Early Release Feature ......................... 17 Manage Virtual Machines Using Explorer Plugin (VMware) – Early Release Feature ................................................................................................................................. 18 VM Lifecycle Management for Amazon – Early Release Feature ............................ 18
Snapshot Management ......................................................................... 18 Support Using Remote Snap MediaAgent ............................................................... 18 Support for Microsoft SQL Snap Clone in Web Console .......................................... 19 More Supported Arrays for IntelliSnap.................................................................... 19 More Supported Agents for IntelliSnap ................................................................... 20 Infinite Volume Backup Support Using CIFS and NFS – Early Release Feature ........ 20
Edge Backup and Access ....................................................................... 21 Enterprise Backup and Recovery with Unprecedented Mobile Access ................... 21
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New Features
Additional New Features
Updates and Service Packs
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Privacy ..................................................................................................................... 22 Data Loss Prevention – Early Release Feature ......................................................... 23 File System Backup Quota – Early Release Feature ................................................. 24 File System End-User Erase – Early Release Feature ............................................... 24 Explorer Plug-In – Early Release Feature ................................................................. 24 Automatic Photo and Video Uploads – Early Release Feature ................................ 25 Sharing – Early Release Feature............................................................................... 25
Reports................................................................................................. 25 Custom Reporting – Early Release Feature ............................................................. 25 Enterprise Metrics Reporting and Cloud Metrics Reporting – Early Release Feature ................................................................................................................................. 26 Forwarding Metrics Reporting Data – Early Release Feature .................................. 28 Data Analytics – Early Release Feature .................................................................... 28
Cloud Services ...................................................................................... 30 System Discovery Tool for Files and E-mails ............................................................ 30 Support for EDC Veeam ........................................................................................... 30 File Level Analytics for NetBackup ........................................................................... 31 Software Store – Early Release ................................................................................ 31
Deprecated and End-of-Life .................................................................. 32 Image Level Agent on AIX and Linux ........................................................................ 32 ROMS Merged with Metrics Reporting ................................................................... 32 SharePoint Archiver Agent....................................................................................... 32 CommNet................................................................................................................. 32 SRM Server and Agents ........................................................................................... 33
Additional Information ......................................................................... 34
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Server
Business Process Automation
The Simpana workflow tool provides robust automation capabilities designed
to streamline operations and simplify management processes.
Administrators can automate repetitive or complex manual data management
tasks by bringing together sets of individual activities in a specific order or
decision tree. CommCell operations, such as backup, restore and client
registration, as well as non-CommCell tasks can be easily automated by
implementing a workflow.
Using workflows offer the following benefits:
Minimal Coding or Scripting
Stop spending hours writing scripts, integrating programs, and
building state machines. Use the workflow automation capabilities to
easily define your business processes by selecting predefined
activities (drag-and-drop, which can easily be customized using
property settings.
Automate Critical Data Management Activities
Use workflows to automate important CommCell operations. These
are just a few examples:
o Optimize data retention, data access and cost by
implementing automated storage tiering to ensure that high
value data is available for rapid access, while archive and
compliance data is retained in cost effective secondary
storage pools.
o Manage virtual machine sprawl with custom options for auto-
discovery and protection of virtual machines.
o Automate the registration of new laptop/desktop clients.
Real-Time Control on Workflow Processes
Manage and troubleshoot all workflow jobs from the Job Controller
windows in the CommCell Console.
Workflow Auditing
All workflows have a job history providing administrators with a
record of each time the workflow was run and who ran it.
Key Features
Drag-and-drop Activities
Design a workflow with a simple drag-and-drop of the activities that
the workflow needs to perform.
Extensive Library of Built-In Activities
The workflow engine provides a library with all of the activities
needed to design a workflow. Easily create and add new activities to
the library.
Administrators can
automate repetitive or
complex manual data
management tasks using
workflows.
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Pre-built Workflows for Typical Tasks
In addition to creating your own custom workflows, you can also
select from a catalog of pre-built workflows. These workflows are for
common or frequent CommCell operations, such as registering new
clients.
Workflows for End-Users
Make workflows available in the Web Console for end-users to run
common tasks. These workflows are referred to as "self-service"
workflows.
Workflow Security Settings
Administrators can define permissions in a workflow to control the
actions a user can perform on the workflow.
Workflow Troubleshooting
When a workflow does not execute as a planned, you can easily find
the issue in the workflow log file, and use the information found in
the log to debug the workflow.
More Information
To explore more workflow features and its overall functionality, see Workflow
- Getting Started.
Global Repository Cell (GRC)
Global Repository Cell (GRC) is a CommCell system configured as a central
repository for jobs from other CommCell systems, called PodCells. Jobs that
are backed up in a PodCell can be auxiliary copied or restored from the GRC.
Key Features
Browse, Restore and Auxiliary copy jobs from other CommCell
systems
Since metadata continuously transfers between the PodCells and the
GRC, you can browse available jobs that are on PodCells. If the GRC
has access to the backup data, you can perform cross machine
restores or auxiliary copies to clients that are local to the GRC.
Standardize Configurations
You can push configuration data, like schedule policies, users and user
groups, alert configurations, and export locations from the GRC to the
PodCells. This standardizes configuration data across the PodCells.
More Information
GRC - Overview
REST API
Companies are investing an increasing amount of time and money in training
employees and end users on their business software.
Perform cross machine
restores or auxiliary copies
of data to clients that are
local to GRC.
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By using the Simpana REST API interface, you can intelligently connect your
existing software to the Simpana feature suite and still own the end-to-end
user experience, thus simplifying the user experience and reducing training
costs.
Add end-user self-service operations to existing software interfaces.
Create custom interfaces with a set of Simpana features for a specific
group. For example, customize your existing web portal with the
Simpana browse backup data feature.
Achieve security through HTTPS and basic authentication.
Use simple HTTP methods, in either XML or JSON formats, and your
preferred programming language when integrating with Simpana
REST API.
Simpana REST API is based on an open standard, and can be used
with almost any web development language.
Setup Requirements
A REST API client should support the following:
HTTPS and basic authentication.
HTTP 1.1 GET, POST, and DELETE requests.
Ability to set and read request and response headers.
XML or JSON responses.
More Information
REST API - Overview
REST API - API Library
Log Monitoring – Early Release Feature
Use the log and system monitoring feature to create policies and analyze log
data from multiple clients in your enterprise. Track the state of your
environment based on specific monitoring criteria. For example, monitor
application and operational efficiency and perform troubleshooting in real
time. Or, monitor your Hyper-V logs for system health.
Content indexing of all log files allows you to search for specific log data
using the Web Console.
Key Features
Monitor log information from multiple sources: Virtual Machines,
Windows, and UNIX log files.
Capture and filter log file data to quickly address developing issues.
Create alerts to receive notifications when a specific log event occurs.
Monitor logs in real time or schedule a policy to run at a specified
time.
Search for log data and upload log files using the Log Monitoring
dashboard in the Web Console.
More Information
Log Monitoring
The REST API interface
connects your existing
software to your CommCell
environment.
Create policies, set up
alerts, and analyze log
data from multiple
applications to monitor
system health.
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Backup
AlwaysOn MSSQL Availability Groups
Simpana data protection for AlwaysOn Availability Groups provides a high-
availability and disaster-recovery solution for SQL Server 2012 and SQL Server
2014 databases. An MSSQL Availability Group client protects availability
databases based upon the backup preferences and backup priorities that are
configured for the availability group, and provides a single entry point for
initiating backups and restores.
Applicable Agent
Microsoft SQL Server Agent
Setup Requirements
SQL agent should be installed on all the physical nodes of AlwaysOn
cluster.
More Information
AlwaysOn MSSQL Availability Groups
Block-Level Backup Support for File System
Data
Use block-level backups to back up physical disk blocks of file system data
using native snaps or hardware snap engines. Block level backups offer better
performance over file system based backups in environments that typically
contain a large number of small files.
Key Features
Faster backups as only the physical disk blocks that contain the data
are backed up.
Better performance over disk-image based backups when performed
on a complete volume by reducing the scan time, particularly if the
file system has a large number of small files.
Block-level incremental backups run faster and back up lesser data
when the file system has very large files.
File system scan is optional. You can enable file system scan during
backups if you want to view a list of backed up items or to browse or
search for a particular file based on the file properties like file name
and so on.
Applicable Agents
AIX File System
Linux File System
Block level backups offer
better performance over file
system-based backups in
environments that typically
contain a large number of
small files.
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License
Server File System
Setup Requirements
MediaAgent and File System components must be installed on the
client computer. On AIX, QSnap must also be included.
Service Pack 7 or later must be installed for these components:
o CommServe
o Clients and MediaAgents used to perform block-level
backups
More Information
Block-Level Backup Overview
Hyper-V Support for Virtualize Me
Virtualize Me converts any physical computer to a virtual machine. You can
create a clone of your physical computer.
Among the many benefits:
You can convert any computer in to a virtual machine quickly and
reliably.
You can use the backed up data available on the media to create a
virtual machine when the physical computer is unavailable.
Customize the client computer configuration such as network, disk
configuration, or disk provisioning before you create the virtual
machine.
Applicable Agents
Virtualize Me for Windows
1-Touch for Windows
Licenses
Virtual Server (for Virtual Server Agent)
1-Touch Server for MS Windows (for 1-Touch for Windows)
Setup Requirements
1. Install Operations Manager on the CommServe.
2. Set Up a 1-Touch Server.
3. Set Up a Client Computer.
4. Install the Virtual Server Agent on the computer that is to be
virtualized.
More Information
Virtualize Me - Getting Started
Convert any computer into
a virtual machine quickly
and reliably and use the
data on backup media to
clone your machine when
your physical computer is
unavailable.
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AS/400 (iSeries) Backup Support – Early
Release Feature
Use the file system agent to back up data and perform file level restores on
iSeries clients. The agent provides unified protection and recovery for the file
system data on iSeries clients using a proxy client. As all the data protection
and recovery requests to the iSeries client pass through the proxy client,
security for data present on the iSeries clients is ensured.
Applicable Agent
iSeries File System
License
Server File System
Setup Requirements
File System Agent installed on the Linux proxy client.
iSeries backup package installed on (CVINSTPKG.savf) on the AS/400
client.
More Information
Overview - iSeries File System
Support for SharePoint RBS – Early Release
Feature
Simpana SharePoint Content Management manages bloated content
databases in the SharePoint environment by storing Binary Large Objects
(BLOBs) in a configured BLOB storage location, while only metadata is stored
in the content database. It uses SQL server Remote BLOB Storage (RBS)
technology and hierarchical storage management (HSM) to migrate rarely
used files to lower-cost storage devices.
Applicable Agents
SharePoint Server Agent
Setup Requirement
Simpana SharePoint Content Management - Deployment
Prerequisites
More Information
Simpana SharePoint Content Management - Overview
Migrate rarely used files to
lower-cost storage devices
using SharePoint RBS
technology.
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Archiving
ContentStore Email Viewer
When emails in your Microsoft Exchange mailbox are archived, your data
moves from the Exchange server to a backup storage location called the
ContentStore. The ContentStore Email Viewer enables you to access these
archived emails directly from Microsoft Outlook. The ContentStore Email
Viewer functions like an additional mailbox node in Microsoft Outlook, so you
can:
Read, search for, reply to, or forward archived emails as if they were
still in your original inbox.
Preview attachments to archived emails within Outlook.
Download attachments to archived emails in their native file type
directly from the ContentStore.
Key Features
Local Cache Mode
By default, online access is required to fetch your archived emails
from the ContentStore. However if you need to access your archived
emails offline, you can configure the ContentStore Email Viewer in
Local Cache mode. In Local Cache mode, your archived emails are
stored on your local machine and are available on the go.
For more information, see Configure Offline Mode.
Erase Emails in the ContentStore
If you have a mailbox quota, your administrator can allow you to
erase archived emails in the ContentStore directly from the
ContentStore Email Viewer.
For more information, see Erase Emails in the ContentStore.
Applicable Agents
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Agent
Microsoft Exchange Public Folder Agent
Setup Requirements
To use the ContentStore Email Viewer, ensure that the following
requirements are met:
Simpana Outlook Add-In with ContentStore must be installed on the
client machine.
ContentStore Email Viewer is compatible with Microsoft Outlook 2010
and later.
Only emails that have been archived and content indexed will appear
in the ContentStore Email Viewer.
Web Server and Web Console must be deployed to facilitate fetching
emails from the ContentStore.
The ContentStore Email
Viewer allows you to access
archived emails directly
from Microsoft Outlook.
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Recommendations
If you plan to deploy the ContentStore Email Viewer on more than 400
mailboxes, we recommend deploying a dedicated Web Server.
More Information
For Administrators, see System Requirements - Exchange Public
Folder Agent.
For End-users, see Overview of ContentStore Email Viewer.
Exchange Mailbox Backup Quota
The Exchange Mailbox Backup Quota feature lets administrators manage
backup storage by setting limits at the mailbox level to prevent email
messages from using too much storage space. Mailbox owners are notified by
email when a mailbox is approaching or exceeds its quota limit.
Administrators are sent a copy of the notifications.
In addition, administrators can monitor mailbox backup storage usage by
examining the Mailbox Quota Usage report, which provides mailbox backup
storage use statistics.
Applicable Agent
Exchange Mailbox
More Information
Exchange Mailbox Backup Quota – Overview
Exchange Mailbox End-User Erase
The Exchange Mailbox End-User Erase feature allows users to browse stored
emails, and then erase messages that they no longer need. For example, users
might focus on erasing messages with attachments.
Users can see how much space is available after the messages have been
erased.
Applicable Agents
Exchange Mailbox
More Information
Exchange Mailbox End-User Erase – Overview
PST Archiving
Microsoft Outlook Data Files, such as Personal Folder Table (PST) files may
reside on a user's local computer, network shares, or both. The number and
size of PST files can increase rapidly when users exchange emails and perform
other tasks such as add calendar items, tasks and journal entries, etc. PST
Archiving provides an enterprise solution for effectively managing PST files,
whether on local workstations, shared locations, or both, by archiving them to
PST archiving provides an
enterprise solution for
archiving and restoring PST
files.
Manage backup storage by
setting limits at the
mailbox level to prevent
email messages from using
too much storage space.
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secondary storage, and making them available to end-users from that
location. A few of the features of PST Archiving are:
Browse, search for, and restore emails from archived PST files.
Permanently delete PST files from their source location and keep just
the archived copies on secondary storage to meet compliance
requirements.
Collect PST files that are stored on laptops and desktops
automatically by using the Laptop Backup feature.
Detect who owns PST files based on files, laptops, or the user home
folder on a network share.
Reclaim space on secondary storage by aging specific messages
based on their receipt time.
Users can recover archived messages using Outlook Add-In, Outlook
Web Access (OWA), Universal Recall Link, and the Web Console.
Setup Requirements
Prerequisites - Archiving Personal Storage Table (PSTs)
Recommendations
Prevent the creation and modification of PST files.
Detach the PST files from the default Outlook profile.
More Information
Overview - Archiving Personal Storage Table (PSTs)
Oracle Database Archiving – Early Release
Feature
Business and regulatory needs are driving Enterprises to store data longer in
the production databases causing them to significantly grow. The increase in
size leads to larger storage requirements, database performance issues and
longer backup and recovery time. CommVault’s Oracle Database Archiving
solution addresses these issues by securely archiving and indexing the data no
longer accessed while providing seamless access of the archived data from
production database.
Among the many benefits provided:
Database administrators define the archiving criteria to qualify un-
accessed data for archiving.
Provides flexibility to define virtual foreign keys in case a database
doesn’t have constraints defined.
Seamlessly query and retrieve archived data without restoring the
data to the production database.
Define individual retention times for each set of archived data.
Tools include archived data size prediction, previewing the archive
criteria and the data that will be archived.
Securely archive and index
the data you no longer
access and access archived
data directly from the
production database.
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Applicable Agents
The Oracle Archiving solution is available with the Oracle Agent.
More Information
Oracle Database Archiving
Deduplication
Deduplicated Data Verification
Deduplicated Data Verification is an efficient way to cross verify the unique
data blocks on the deduplication database (DDB), disk, and on the
CommServe database.
When using deduplicated data verification:
You are ensuring that data is valid for a restore and an Auxiliary Copy
operation.
The processing time for data verification for all jobs is reduced
because unique data blocks that are referred by multiple deduplicated
backup jobs are read and verified only once.
More Information
Verifying the Deduplicated Data
Resynchronizing the Deduplication Database
Use DDB Resynchronization to reconcile inconsistencies between the DDB and
the CommServe database. The DDB is brought online and reverted to a
reusable state from maintenance mode.
DDB Resynchronization prevents sealing of the DDB after the CommServe
Disaster Recovery (DR) restore, thus saving significant disk space on the disk
library.
More Information
Resynchronizing the Deduplication Database
Virtualization
Live File Recovery with Enhanced UNIX-Based
File System Support (VMware) Live File Recovery provides expanded file system support, including ext4, and
enables live browse of backup data without requiring granular metadata
collection during backups. This feature supports restores of files and folders
Cross verify the unique
data blocks on the DDB,
disk, and CommServe
database.
Browse backup data
without metadata
collection during backups.
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from backups of Windows VMs and of UNIX VMs that use ext2, ext3, ext4,
XFS, JFS, or Btrfs file systems.
Live File Recovery can also be used when reducing backup times is a priority.
This is a tradeoff; using this feature reduces backup time but increases the
time required to browse files and folders.
To recover files or folders from a backup, you can enable backup data to be
mounted as a temporary NFS datastore that can be used to browse and
restore file and folders.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
IntelliSnap for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server (for streaming backups)
Hardware Snapshot Enabler (for IntelliSnap)
Setup Requirements
You must deploy and use File Recovery Enabler for Linux to access the
data in the backup.
Identify the proxy ESX server to be used to mount the NFS datastore
using the Advanced Options tab on the subclient properties.
The ESX server used to mount the NFS datastore for the browse and
restore must be able to resolve the File Recovery Enabler for Linux. To
ensure connectivity, create a host file entry for the File Recovery
Enabler for Linux on the ESX server
More Information
For Virtual Server Agent for VMware, see Live File Recovery.
For IntelliSnap for VMware, see Live File Recovery.
Deploy a Virtual Machine for UNIX-Based File Restores
Specify the Default File Recovery Enabler for Linux for a Virtual Server
Instance
VM Archiving (VMware)
VM Archiving enables you to automatically shut down, relocate, and archive
virtual machines as part of the backup process. Shutting down, relocating, and
archiving inactive virtual machines can solve the problem of virtual machine
sprawl, when virtual machines are created but not cleaned up. This issue is
especially common in development and testing environments.
Virtual machines can be powered off when they have been inactive for a
specified number of days, then relocated or archived immediately or after they
have been powered off for a specified number of days. Data retention rules
can be defined to automatically remove virtual machine data from primary
storage.
Automatically shut down,
relocate, and archive
virtual machines as part of
the backup process.
Mount backup data as a
temporary NFS datastore
and use it to browse and
restore file and folders.
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End users can recover archived virtual machines using the Web Console;
administrators can recover archived VMs through the CommCell Console or
the Web Console.
Use subclients to organize virtual machines by the backup, archiving, and
retention policies for each class of virtual machines. Different subclients can
be used to manage virtual machines of different classes.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server
Data Archive Enterprise infrastructure (additional license for VM
Archiving)
Setup Requirements
Virtual Server Agent on the proxy
More Information
Overview - VM Archiving
Virtual Machine Conversion (VMware to
Microsoft Hyper-V)
When restoring a VMware full virtual machine, you can restore as Microsoft
Hyper-V to create a new Hyper-V virtual machine from a successful backup.
This feature enables you to duplicate a VMware virtual machine for the Hyper-
V environment, or to migrate a VM from VMware to Hyper-V.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
IntelliSnap for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server (for streaming backups)
Hardware Snapshot Enabler (for IntelliSnap)
Setup Requirements
At least one Hyper-V node must be configured on the CommServe
host; otherwise the Restore as field is not displayed.
The destination client must be a Hyper-V server that has the Virtual
Server Agent installed.
More Information
For VMware to Microsoft Hyper-V, see Virtual Machine Conversion
For VMware IntelliSnap to Microsoft Hyper-V, see Virtual Machine
Conversion
Duplicate a VMware virtual
machine for the Hyper-V
environment, or migrate a
VM from VMware to
Hyper-V.
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VM Lifecycle Management
The VM Lifecycle Management feature provides virtual machine users with the
ability to create, manage, and recover their own virtual machines from a user-
friendly interface. Administrators can set up pre-defined templates to control
configuration settings, such as maximum allowable disk space and memory
allocation, and effectively manage resources. VM Lifecycle Management is
available for VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent
Licenses
Virtual Server
Setup Requirements
CommServe software with Operations Manager installed
Virtual Server Agent
Web Server and Web Console
More Information
Overview – VM Life Lifecycle Management - Administrator – VMware
Overview - VM Lifecycle Management - Administrator - Microsoft
Hyper-V
Citrix Xen Support – Early Release Feature
With Service Pack 8, Simpana Version 10 provides support for virtual machines
running on Citrix Xen. You can create a Xen virtualization client, perform
backups, restore full virtual machines and files, and monitor virtual machine
protection operations.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for Xen
Licenses
Virtual Server
Setup Requirements
Install the Virtual Server Agent on each Xen proxy. A Xen proxy can
back up virtual machines in the same Xen pool that have access to the
same shared storage repository.
More Information
Virtual Machine Protection for Citrix Xen
Create a Xen virtualization
client, perform backups,
restore full virtual
machines and files, and
monitor virtual machine
protection operations.
Give virtual machine users
the ability to create,
manage, and recover their
own virtual machines from
a user-friendly interface.
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Live Mount of Virtual Machines (VMware) –
Early Release Feature
The Live Mount feature enables you to run a virtual machine directly from a
stored backup.
You can use this feature to validate that backups are usable for a disaster
recovery scenario, to validate the content on the backup, or to access data
from the virtual machine directly instead of restoring guest files.
Virtual machines that are live mounted are intended for short term usage and
should not be used for production; changes to live mounted VMs or their data
are not retained when the virtual machine expires. The VM expiration period is
set through a VM Lifecycle Management policy.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server
Setup Requirements
Requires vCenter 5.x.
Define a Live Mount provisioning policy.
The virtual machine owner or the user group associated with the VM
owner (client computer) must have Browse and Live Browse
capabilities assigned.
More Information
Live Mount
Creating a Provisioning Policy for Live Mount
User Administration and Security - Getting Started
Using Live Mount to Run a Virtual Machine
Live Recovery for Virtual Machines (VMware) –
Early Release Feature
The Live Recovery feature enables virtual machines (VMs) to be recovered and
powered on from a backup without waiting for a full restore of the VM. This
feature can be used to recover a VM that has failed and needs to be placed
back in production quickly, or to validate that a backup can be used in a
disaster recovery scenario.
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
IntelliSnap for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server (for streaming backups)
Hardware Snapshot Enabler (for IntelliSnap)
Recover and power on
virtual machines from a
backup without waiting for
a full restore.
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Setup Requirements and Recommendations
The CommServe host must have Simpana Version 10 installed with
Service Pack 7 or higher for VMware support from streaming backups,
and Service Pack 8 or higher for IntelliSnap support.
The Live Recovery for Virtual Machines feature requires Version 5.x or
higher for vCenter and ESX.
A File Recovery Enabler for Linux is required to access the data in the
backup.
The ESX server used to mount the NFS datastore for the browse and
restore must be able to resolve the File Recovery Enabler for Linux. To
ensure connectivity, create a host file entry for the File Recovery
Enabler for Linux on the ESX server.
Identify the default File Recovery Enabler for the virtual server
instance.
The vCenter user account must have appropriate permissions.
More Information
For VMware, see Using Live Recovery for VMs
For IntelliSnap for VMware, see Using Live Recovery for VMs
Live Sync Replication of Virtual Machines -
Early Release Feature
The Live Sync feature enables incremental replication from a backup of a
virtual machine (source VM) to a synced copy of the virtual machine
(destination VM). The Live Sync operation opens the destination VM and
applies changes from the source VM since the last sync point.
This feature can be used to maintain a regularly synced copy of the source VM
that can be used for disaster recovery.
Live Sync can be scheduled to run after each backup or on a periodic basis
(for example, daily or once a week).
Applicable Agents
Virtual Server Agent for VMware
Licenses
Virtual Server
Setup Requirements
To display Live Sync controls in the CommCell Console, an additional
setting is required.
To be replicated, virtual machines must have been backed up at least
once.
More Information
Please contact us at [email protected].
Validate that backups are
usable for disaster
recovery, verify backup
content, or access data
from the VM directly,
instead of restoring guest
files.
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Manage Virtual Machines Using Explorer Plugin
(VMware) – Early Release Feature
End users on Windows machines can use the Windows Explorer Plugin to
create new virtual machines (VMs), manage VMs, and restore files or full VMs
from backups.
More Information
Manage Virtual Machines Using Explorer Plugin
VM Lifecycle Management for Amazon – Early
Release Feature
VM Lifecycle Management is now available for Amazon. The VM Lifecycle
Management feature provides virtual machine users with the ability to create,
manage, and recover their own virtual machines from a user-friendly interface.
Administrators can set up pre-defined templates to control configuration
settings, such as maximum allowable disk space and memory allocation, and
effectively manage resources.
Setup Requirements
Amazon EC2 account
CommServe with Operations Manager installed
Virtual Server Agent installed
Web Server and Web Console installed
More Information
VM Lifecycle Management - Amazon - Administrator Overview
Create a Virtual Machine - VM Lifecycle Management - Amazon
Snapshot Management
Support Using Remote Snap MediaAgent
Configure a particular MediaAgent as a Remote Snap MediaAgent (MA). The
benefits are:
Offload the array communications and operations from the source
client’s MA to the Remote MA.
Installation and configuration for communication with the array is
required only on the Remote Snap MA
Setup Requirements
For EMC VNX/Clariion:
EMC Solutions Enabler 7.2 or higher
Navisphere/Unisphere Agent
Configure specific
MediaAgents as Remote
Snap MediaAgents to
offload array
configurations.
Use the Windows Explorer
Plugin to create new virtual
machines, manage virtual
machines, and restore files
or full virtual machines.
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Navisphere CLI (Required for VNX Snapshots)
At least one mapped LUN
For EMC VMAX/Symmetrix:
EMC Solutions Enabler 7.2 or higher
For HDS using CCI Engine:
RAID Manager 01-29-03/05 or higher
Applicable Arrays
EMC VNX/Clariion
EMC VMAX/Symmetrix
HDS using CCI Engine
More Information
For EMC VNX / CLARiiON, see Remote Snap MediaAgent
For EMC VMAX / Symmetrix, see Remote Snap MediaAgent
MediaAgent for HDS Using CCI Engine
Support for Microsoft SQL Snap Clone in Web
Console
From the Web Console, manage all the Microsoft SQL databases that belong
to your login account, including cloning databases and running a query on
them to generate a report.
Applicable Agents
Microsoft SQL Server Agent
More Information
Manage Databases - Web Console
More Supported Arrays for IntelliSnap
IntelliSnap technology normalizes snapshot operations by providing
commonality of appearance and operations, regardless of application or
storage platform. Increase your hardware choices and extend the value of
your storage investments by automating snapshots across the industry's
widest selection of storage arrays without custom scripting for: Dell, EMC,
Fujitsu, Hewlett Packard, Hitachi Data Systems, IBM, NetApp, and Nimble
Storage.
Support for many more arrays has been added in Version 10. Huawei, Oracle
ZFS, DataCore SANsymphony-V, and Fujitsu DX3 are some examples of the
new array support. For more support information, see Snapshot Management.
The Web Console allows
you to clone SQL databases
and generate reports.
New storage arrays and
agents are now supported
for IntelliSnap.
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More Supported Agents for IntelliSnap
Minimize downtime with application-aware, point-in-time recovery of
Microsoft Exchange Server®, SharePoint®, SQL®, Oracle, DB2®, VMware®,
Hyper-V and other business critical applications.
Support for many more agents has been added in Version 10. MySQL, Oracle
for Windows, and DB2 MultiNode are some examples of the new agent
support. For more support information, see Snapshot Management.
Infinite Volume Backup Support Using CIFS and
NFS – Early Release Feature
The Infinite Volume Backup Support adds data protection and recovery
support for NetApp Vserver with Infinite Volume using the Windows File
System agent to back up CIFS shares, or the UNIX File System agent, to back
up NFS exports mounted on a given proxy computer. This feature overcomes
the fact that NetApp Vserver with Infinite Volume does not support NDMP
backups.
Key Features
Tape Backup
The tape backup support uses the Windows File System agent under
NAS/Windows clients to back up UNC paths, or the UNIX File System
agent under NAS/UNIX clients to back up mounted NFS exports. The
backup job will walk the entire CIFS share or NFS export for each kind
of backup to determine the files to protect.
Snapshot Backup
The snapshot support uses the Windows File System agent under
NAS clients to back up UNC paths or the UNIX File System agent
under NAS/UNIX clients to back up mounted NFS exports. The CIFS
share and NFS export are used to look up the volume name on a file
server to be snapped.
The first full backup walks the entire CIFS share or NFS export to
determine the files to catalog - subsequent backups including full,
incremental, and differential backups will get the changed file list
from a file server without scanning the CIFS share or the NFS export.
More Information
Infinite Volume Backup Support
Back up NetApp Vservers
with Infinite Volume by
using the Windows File
System agent to back up
CIFS shares or using the
UNIX File System agent to
back up NFS exports.
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Edge Backup and Access
Enterprise Backup and Recovery with
Unprecedented Mobile Access
To address the demand of today's users who are more mobile and used to
having information at their fingertips, Simpana delivers enterprise data access
solutions to maximize productivity across all functions in your business.
Depending on end-user preferences and needs, Simpana allows authorized,
customizable data access through "self-service" applications and plug-ins: the
Web Console, Mobile Apps, and Explorer Plug-in.
The Web Console is a web-based application that allows end-users to manage
their own data. Mobile applications provide data access from Apple and
Android devices, while the Explorer Plug-in enables data access from the end-
user's computer.
Key Features
Manage your Data
End-users can access their own data from the Web Console and
manage backups.
For more information, see My Computers - Overview.
Share Data with Other Users
End-users can share their backed up files and folders with other users.
For more information, see My Computers - Sharing Files and Folders.
Upload Important Files
End-users can upload files from the Web Console computer to their
laptops even if the laptop is offline. Drag-and-drop files from the
desktop screen to the Web Console window and the files become
visible after the next client backup.
For more information, see Uploading Files to a Computer.
Sync the Data Between your Clients
Keep data accessible anywhere by synching important files between
office and home computers.
For more information, see Sync Folders - Overview.
Access Client Data from your Phone or Smart Device
End-users have quick access to backed-up data through the
CommVault Edge mobile app. They can:
o Browse and restore backup data.
o Preview, open, download, and email backup files.
o Search for backup files.
o View the last recorded location of a client.
For more information, see CommVault Edge - Overview.
Administrators can Control Backup Jobs from their Phone or
Smart Device
CommCell operations can
now be performed through
the web and mobile
applications.
End-users have quick
access to backed-up data
through the CommVault
Edge mobile app.
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Administrators can do more while on the go with the Simpana
CommVault Monitor mobile app:
o Monitor backup jobs in one or more CommCell environments.
o Access configurable graphs to view backup performance
history.
o View latest backup events occurring in the CommCell.
o Search for specific jobs.
For more information, see CommVault Monitor - Overview.
Browse Backed Up Data from Windows Computers using Explorer
Plug-In
End-users can access their backed up data from their Windows
computers using the Explorer Plug-In. Perform the following
operations using the plug-in:
o Browse and restore files from backup copies.
o View the file content on backup copies.
o Control synchronization operations of files between clients.
For more information, see Explorer Plug-In - Overview.
Setup Requirements
For Administrators:
The Web Server and Web Console components must be installed in a
production server where Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)
is configured.
By default, the Web Server and Web Console are automatically
installed along with the CommServe software if the server has IIS
enabled.
For End-Users:
The laptop package must be installed on a laptop or desktop
computer.
More Information
Overview – End-User Operations
Privacy
Use the Privacy feature to prevent users and administrators who are not client
owners from seeing the data on your client.
Setup Requirements
The Privacy feature must be turned on at the CommCell level before it
is used on individual clients.
More Information
Enabling Privacy
Prevent users and other
administrators from seeing
the data on your client.
Monitor backup jobs in one
or more CommCell
environments and view the
latest backup events
occurring in the CommCell.
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Data Loss Prevention – Early Release Feature
When remote access to business-critical data is essential, the unintentional
loss or theft of a single laptop can put an entire organization at risk.
With Data Loss Prevention (DLP), you can proactively secure access to
business-critical data and prevent data leakage on the laptop clients in your
CommCell group. In addition, you can:
Ensure compliance by protecting sensitive information—such as
intellectual property or customer-related data—on endpoint devices.
Add strong file-level encryption and access control to your important
files.
Secure common business-critical data by deploying DLP globally
across multiple laptops.
Enable end-users to secure personal files or folders on their laptops
with one click.
Key Features
The following key features comprise the Simpana DLP solution:
Periodic Document Encryption
With Periodic Document Encryption, you can prevent unauthorized
access to business-critical data on your laptop clients. If your laptop is
unintentionally lost, stolen, or offline for an extended period of time,
your DLP secured files are automatically encrypted and secured with a
user-defined passkey.
For more information, see Periodic Document Encryption.
Secure Erase
If your laptop is lost or stolen, you can use Secure Erase to remotely
delete data on the laptop and mitigate the risk of data leakage. You
can either choose to erase specific files and folders, or erase all of the
data on your laptop as a measure of last resort.
For more information, see Secure Erase.
Applicable Agents
Microsoft Windows laptop clients.
Macintosh laptop clients.
Setup Requirements and Recommendations
To deploy DLP, ensure that the following requirements are met:
Explorer Plug-In (Windows laptops) or Finder Plug-In (Macintosh
laptops) must be installed on your laptop clients. The Explorer Plug-In
and Finder Plug-In enable end-users to establish a DLP passkey and
secure files directly from their laptop clients.
To allow end-users to remotely configure DLP settings, Web Console
must be deployed.
Remotely delete data on
lost or stolen laptops and
mitigate the risk of data
leakage.
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We recommend that global DLP settings are configured in the
CommCell Console for common business-sensitive data residing on
laptop clients.
More Information
Data Loss Prevention - Overview
Data Loss Prevention: End-User Getting Started
File System Backup Quota – Early Release
Feature
Administrators can set limits on the amount of backup space that a user is
permitted to consume. Backup jobs skip a user’s data if the user’s storage
quota has been exceeded. Backup jobs include the user’s data again after
some of the user’s storage space is freed, or if the administrator increases the
user's storage quota.
More Information
File System Backup Quota – Overview
File System End-User Erase – Early Release
Feature
With this feature, users can erase data directly from backups of their file
systems. If a backup quota has been imposed by administrative staff, users
can ensure that backups continue to be taken, while staying within the limits
of their quota, by erasing unneeded data from their backup.
More Information
File System End-User Erase – Overview.
Explorer Plug-In – Early Release Feature
Explorer Plug-In is an add-on to Microsoft Windows Explorer. It lets you
browse for information about your backed-up data (such as file name, type
and size) from within Windows Explorer without actually restoring the file. You
can then perform a restore from that view.
Plug-In now supports many new operations and behaviors, including:
Previewing archived documents directly in Windows Explorer's
preview pane
Browsing backed up data for your computers and VMs
Restoring specific versions or the latest data
Downloading files by double-clicking them in browse view
More Information
Explorer Plug-in Overview
Set limits on the amount of
backup space that a user is
permitted to consume, and
allow users to erase their
own data from backups.
Browse for information
about your backed-up data
from within Windows
Explorer without actually
restoring the file.
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Automatic Photo and Video Uploads – Early
Release Feature
Use the CommVault Edge mobile application to upload photos and videos
from your Apple and Android smart devices to a client listed in the
application.
After you install or upgrade the application to the latest version, you will be
prompted to enable automatic upload. Once enabled, you can modify the
following settings:
Network connection (Wi-Fi only or Wi-Fi and Data)
Upload content type (photos only or photos and videos)
Upload location
More Information
For Android devices, see Enabling Automatic Upload of Photos and
Videos
For Apple devices, see Enabling Automatic Upload of Photos and
Videos
Sharing – Early Release Feature
Collaboration is how the best things happen. Stop sending email attachments
and start inviting others to share your files and folders through the Web
Console. People you share with can browse, download, and upload your files
depending on the permissions you give them.
More Information
Sharing Files or Folders
Reports
Custom Reporting – Early Release Feature
Build reports based on your organization’s unique needs. View reports that
include the information you most want to see and share your reports with
other users in your organization.
Key Features
Use multiple data sources
Include data from the CommServe database or the data in your
organization's database, such as SQL, MySQL, and Oracle.
Publish reports to Download Center
Automatically upload
photos and videos from
smart devices to client
computers through the
Edge mobile app.
Avoid the size limitations
on e-mail attachments by
inviting others to share
your files and folders
through the Web Console.
Build reports based on your
organization’s unique
needs and include the
information you most want
to see.
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You can make reports that you build or download available to other
users in your organization by publishing the reports to the Download
Center on Web Console.
Deploy reports for offline data collection
If you host reports for multiple CommServe computers, you can
collect report data from every CommServe computer connected to
your Enterprise Metrics Reporting Server using a custom report query.
Share reports with remote or offline users
If some of your users access the Web Console on a different Web
Server, or on a local network instead of the Internet, then you can
share reports with those users by exporting and importing report
templates.
More Information
Custom Reporting
Building and Managing Custom Reports
Enterprise Metrics Reporting and Cloud Metrics
Reporting – Early Release Feature
Often, companies are forced to use disparate, third-party reporting tools in
addition to data management software to track operations and cost. Simpana
empowers you to access the information you need to make vital decisions and
achieve operational excellence from a single console.
Use Enterprise and Cloud Metrics Reporting to help deliver IT as a Service,
plan infrastructure costs, and provide insight on operations. Monitor activity
across all CommServe computers in your organization with a complete set of
dynamic reports, including the new Worldwide Dashboard, Health Report,
Activity Report, and Chargeback Report. Use scheduling and alerts to
automate system checks and report delivery.
Install your own Enterprise Metrics Reporting Server to host reports on Web
Console, or allow us to host your reports on our secure Cloud Services Web
site.
Key Features
Dashboard for the Worldwide and CommCell Level
Preview the most critical information at a glance, such as met and
missed SLA, storage space, failed backup jobs, and performance
statistics, gathered from all your CommCell computers and displayed
in simple, customizable charts, graphs, and tables.
For more information, see Worldwide Dashboard and CommCell
Dashboard.
Scheduling and E-mailing Reports
Schedule reports to automatically e-mail to vital consumers, such as
managers and executives.
For more information, see Schedule Reports.
Monitor activity across all
CommServe computers in
your organization with a
complete set of dynamic
reports.
Download the latest
Reports from Software
Store on demand.
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Alerts on Reports
Set alerts to notify you when CommCell computers reach a specific
threshold, such as the maximum SLA percentage. Alerts can be
configured as SNMP traps, e-mails, events in CommCell Console, and
notifications in Windows Events Viewer.
For more information, see Alert Notifications.
Software Store
Download new reports from the Software Store as soon as they are
available.
For more information, see Download Reports from Software Store.
Health Report
Use the Health Report to identify the clients and policies that need to
be adjusted to maintain optimal performance for your CommCell
computers. Information includes the status of backup operations, the
latest installed versions of software, and disaster recovery settings.
For more information, see Health Report – Overview.
Activity Report
Use the Activity Report to monitor current and historical data on the
success of backup operations, strike counts, and frequent errors over
the last week or the last year.
For more information, see Activity Report – Overview.
Chargeback Report
Track the cost of storage for your customers or internal departments.
For more information, see Chargeback Report – Overview.
License
Advanced Reporting
Setup Requirements
Enable data collection for reports in the CommCell Console Control
Panel.
To host your own reports, install an Enterprise Metrics Reporting
Server.
Recommendations
Install the Enterprise Metrics Reporting Server on the same computer
as the CommServe software and the Web Server.
Set up both Cloud Metrics Reporting Server and Enterprise Metrics
Reporting Server in order to take advantage of all reporting features.
More Information
Enterprise Metrics Reporting
Cloud Metrics Reporting
Identify the clients and
policies that need to be
adjusted to maintain
optimal performance for
your CommCell.
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Forwarding Metrics Reporting Data – Early
Release Feature
Forwarding Metrics Reporting Data is an optional configuration that allows
you to send collected report data to another Enterprise Metrics Reporting
Server in your organization and to the Cloud Metrics Reporting Server. In the
Forwarding configuration, you can use one Worldwide Metrics Reporting
Server to host reports with information from one or more other Metrics
Reporting Servers. Additional security options allow you to specify which
reporting queries to use and limit the types of information that are displayed
in reports.
License
Advanced Reporting
Setup Requirements
To host your own reports, install an Enterprise Metrics Reporting
Server.
To access reports on the Cloud Services Web site, register your
CommCell computer.
Enable data collection for reports in the CommCell Console Control
Panel.
More Information
Forwarding Metrics Reporting Data
Data Analytics – Early Release Feature
Managing enterprise data storage is an increasingly difficult task. In many
organizations, a significant amount of storage space is wasted on data that is
outdated, redundant, or otherwise not essential to business. Not only does
this data sprawl create a problem for backup administrators, but it also
increases the organization’s risk for compliance-related issues.
Data Analytics enables you to collect information about the unstructured data
residing on clients in your organization. By viewing this information in the
Data Analytics Reports in the Web Console, you can identify the non-business
essential data that are occupying your storage resources and take measures
to reclaim valuable space and mitigate risk.
With the information provided by Data Analytics, you can:
Identify outdated, large, or other non-business essential data residing
on clients.
Reduce the risk of issues caused by storing data beyond your
retention requirements.
Use one Worldwide Metrics
Reporting Server to host
reports with information
from multiple Metrics
Reporting Servers.
Mitigate risk by helping
Compliance Officers find
file types and applications
that are prohibited by your
organization.
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Calculate the savings of moving data to more inexpensive, secondary
storage.
Export Data Analytics Reports in a variety of useful formats.
Key Features
File Analytics Report
Use the File Analytics Report to determine the overall status of the
unstructured files residing on the clients your organization. You can
also drill down and filter File Analytics Reports to locate individual
files that should be archived or deleted.
For more information, see Data Analytics - File Analytics Report.
Email Analytics Report
The Email Analytics Report displays information about the
unstructured email data residing on email servers in your
organization. You can drill down and filter the Email Analytics Reports
to locate individual mailboxes and email data that should be archived
or deleted.
For more information, see Data Analytics - Email Analytics Report.
Analytics Workflow
The analytics workflow enables you to collect data from clients across
multiple CommCell groups and create Data Analytics reports. The
analytics workflow also enables you to analyze data on clients that do
not have a Simpana agent installed using the System Discovery Tool.
For more information, see Data Analytics - Running the Analytics
Workflow.
Applicable Agents
The following agents and data types are supported by Data Analytics:
All file system agents
Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Agent
File system data for Virtual Server Agent
When running the analytics workflow, NAS Agents are supported in addition
to the agents and data types above. However, the Macintosh File System
Agent is not supported by the analytics workflow.
Setup Requirements
To use Data Analytics, ensure that the following requirements are met:
Analytics Engine must be enabled on a MediaAgent that meets certain
requirements.
Web Server and Web Console must be deployed for users to access the
File and Email Analytics reports.
To use analytics workflow, the Workflow Engine must be deployed
Recommendations
Data Analytics can be performed either as a job or a workflow. If you want to
run analytics on a regular basis, we recommend you schedule to run Data
Reclaim valuable space by
identifying the non-
essential data that occupies
your storage resources.
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Analytics as a job. If you want to obtain a one-time report of the data in your
organization, we recommend you run Data Analytics as a workflow.
More Information
Data Analytics - Overview
Cloud Services
System Discovery Tool for Files and E-mails
Not sure if Simpana Archiving is right for you? Analyze your data to determine
whether our file-level archiving features can save storage space for your
organization. The non-intrusive, highly secure System Discovery tools analyze
the file structure and data on your organization’s computer systems, and
create reports based on that data. Data discovered on the system includes:
File level details including sizes, types, and ages.
The amount of used and free space on the server
The total amount of memory on each computer in the system
Total e-mail message size
Total e-mail message count
E-mail attachment details.
More Information
System Discovery Tool
Exchange System Discovery Tool
Support for EDC Veeam
Use the External Data Collector (EDC) to collect information from Veeam
environments, and then merge the data into a virtual CommCell in the Cloud
environment.
Licenses
External Data Connector
Setup Requirements
Register your CommCell computer to obtain a user account on the
Cloud Services Web site.
More Information
External Data Connector - Overview
Analyze your data to
determine whether our file-
level archiving features can
save storage space for your
organization.
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File Level Analytics for NetBackup
You can use External Data Connector (EDC) for NetBackup File Level Analytics
(FLA) to import backup information into Simpana and then generate the FLA
Report based on the collected data.
Licenses
External Data Connector
Setup Requirements
Register your CommCell computer to obtain a user account on the
Cloud Services Web site.
More Information
External Data Connector - Overview
File Level Analytics Report
Software Store – Early Release
Access the latest updates and features as soon as they are available. The
Software Store is an online app store, available on our Cloud Services Web
site, where administrators can access the following:
Reports
Download and install the latest reports using Web Console, then
customize these reports for your organization's needs.
Workflows
Download and install prebuilt workflows to execute a series of
customized tasks.
Utilities
For example, download the QUninstallAll utility, and use it to quickly
uninstall all CommCell components.
Setup Requirements
Register your CommCell computer to obtain a user account on the
Cloud Services Web site.
More Information
Software Store
Getting Access to the Cloud Services Web Site
Download Reports from Software Store
Download Workflows from Software Store
Download the latest
reports, workflows, and
other utilities from
Software Store.
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Deprecated and End-of-Life The following products are now considered deprecated.
Image Level Agent on AIX and Linux
Beginning with Service Pack 8, new installations for the Image Level Agent on
AIX and Linux platforms are not supported. Upgraded clients with these
components will be supported.
More Information
End-of-Life, Deprecated and Extended Support - Products
ROMS Merged with Metrics Reporting
ROMS functionality has been merged into Metrics Reporting Server. To access
the same kind of information and services that were available with ROMS, you
can transition to Metrics Reporting Server. Similar features on Metrics
Reporting Server include the Worldwide Dashboard, the Health Report, Alerts
on Reports, and Remote Troubleshooting.
More Information
Transition from ROMS to Metrics Reporting
SharePoint Archiver Agent
This product is now deprecated.
If you already have a client with this product installed, you can continue to use
the client on an 'as is' basis. New installations and upgrades for this agent are
not supported in this release.
More Information
End-of-Life, Deprecated and Extended Support - Products
CommNet
This product is now available as Enterprise Metrics Reporting Server and
Cloud Metrics Reporting Server.
If you have an existing version of CommNet Server and CommNet Browser
installed, we recommend that you transition to Metrics Reporting Server.
New installations and upgrades for this product are not supported in this
release.
More Information
Transition from CommNet to Metrics Reporting Server
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SRM Server and Agents
SRM Server is no longer a separate component, and the data collection and
analysis process is now merged with the CommServe. All SRM agents are now
deprecated. Upgrades are not available for SRM agents. SRM Agentless clients
are automatically deleted during the upgrade.
The functionality in many of these products is now available using the Catalog
Additional File and System Attributes option in the Exchange Database Agent,
NAS Agent, Windows File System Agent, and the UNIX/Linux File System
Agents.
More Information
Transition from Primary Storage Reports.
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Additional Information
Major Service Pack Releases (SP1, SP2, etc.)
Major service packs are released in a 90-day cycle and may contain hotfixes
and updates, as well as a limited number of customer requested design
changes or features. Major service packs are broadly distributed and undergo
full regression testing prior to release.
We recommend that you standardize your enterprise on major service packs,
as any critical hotfixes can only be applied to major service packs. Critical
hotfixes address issues that may incur major disruptions to operations, or
potential loss of data.
Upcoming Service Pack Releases
Service Pack 9 – December 15, 2014
Service Pack 10 – March 15, 2015
Service Pack 11 – June 15, 2015
More Information
Additional New Features
Updates and Service Packs - Overview
Known Issues
Trademark Acknowledgment
CommVault, CommVault and logo, the “CV” logo, CommVault Systems,
Solving Forward, SIM, Singular Information Management, Simpana,
CommVault Galaxy, Unified Data Management, QiNetix, Quick Recovery, QR,
CommNet, GridStor, Vault Tracker, InnerVault, Quick Snap, QSnap,
SnapProtect, Recovery Director, CommServe, CommCell, ROMS, and
CommValue are trademarks or registered trademarks of CommVault Systems,
Inc. All other third party brands, products, service names, trademarks, or
registered service marks are the property of and used to identify the products
or services of their respective owners. All specifications are subject to change
without notice.
Products in Germany are not distributed using the “QNet” brand.
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