V11 DeepDive Hands-on Training

Session I
V11 核心概念

Sylvan Wu
Module 1: CommCell® Administration
Commvault ® Software Overview
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ENTERPRISE-READY SOLUTIONS – ENGINEERED TO WORK TOGETHER
KEEP IT SIMPLE & EXPAND YOUR JOURNEY
Physical Architecture
Components:
CommServe
Coordinates all activity
 CommServe® server in CommCell
environment

 MediaAgent

 Indexing
Client MediaAgent
 Library Agents installed on
clients are used to
communicate with OS
and applications Conducts the
movement of data
from source to
Libraries destination

Stores all
protected data
Logical Architecture
Components: Schedule policy manages
when to start a data Storage policy manages
 Client Structure Backup set defines management job one or more copies of
all data protected subclient protected data
– Agent by agent
– Backup set
– Subclient Agent installed Backup Set Storage Policy
on client
Policy copy
 Storage Policy Schedule Policy

– Policy copies
Subclients

 备份什么内容（Subclients） Storage policy copies

Subclient defines
define data path, retention
specific data
 备份到哪里去（Storage Policy） within backup set
and what subclients will be
managed in the copy
Policy copy
 什么时候备份 (Schedule Policy)
CommCell Administration Overview

CommCell Administration Overview

CommCell® Console
Key Points:
Toolbar
 Accessing Provides quick access to
CommCell configuration settings
 Local install
 Web based access Tabbed windows include:
• Details of item selected in CommCell browser
• Job Controller
 Navigating • Event Viewer
CommCell Browser • What’s new?
 Customizing shows all CommCell
components in a easy to
navigate tree structure
– Tabbed windows
– Float windows
– Hide browser
Moving Tabbed Windows

To move tabbed
windows:
Click and drag the tab to
the desired tab location

Reordered tabs
in Console
Floating Windows

1 To float a tabbed window:

Click and drag the tab to an
empty space in window

2
Select the
Floating option

3 Floating window not

bound to the
CommCell Console
Hide Browser Window

To hide the CommCell

Browser:
Click CommCell
Browser pin

Hidden browser title bar.

Hover over to view
browser. Click the pin to
relock browser in the
window
User Preferences

To Access User
Preferences:
Tools tab | User preferences

How long a job will appear Determine which severity

in Job controller after level will be displayed in
completed, failed or killed Event Viewer

Determine how many

events will be displayed in
Event Viewer
Security
User and Group Security
User and Group Security:
 Applies to versions prior to V11 CommCell User
CommCell
 Users & AD Users User Group

 User Groups User are associated User assigned

with objects in the to groups
browser
 Capabilities
Active Directory
 Entity Association User Group

Active Directory groups are

linked to CommCell user
Capabilities are groups
assigned to groups
Role Based Security
Key Concepts:
 Standard Security for V11
User or Group
 Roles define permissions

 Role and user / user group Backup and Recovery

Recovery Role Role
associated with entity

 User group association is not

required
File Server Mail Server
 Users can be CommCell or
Active Directory
Configure a New Role
2 Type a name for the
role

3
Select permissions
for the role
1 To add a new role:
Security | Roles | Right-
click | New Role
Configure Entity Security
1
To configure entity security:
Right-click on the entity |
Properties

3 4
Select a user group or Select a role from the
user | Add drop-down box

2
Security tab | Add
button
Roles After Upgrading from Previous Version

Roles inherited from

previous version of
Commvault software
User Quotas
Details:
 Applies to file system data 100 GB Quota 250 GB Quota

 Must be domain account Quotas can be set

at the group level
 Quotas can be set at group or X
user level Quotas can be set
at the user level
Group quotas can
 User level quotas can override be blocked at user
level
group quotas

 Warning message at 90%

 Backups stop at 110%

Configuring Quotas

Group Quotas
Enforce user quotas
To configure user quotas: in the user group User Quota
User Group quota: Right-click user properties Override group level
group | Properties settings and set quotas for
Existing user: Right-click user | individual domain users
Properties
CommCell® Administrative Tasks
CommServe® DR Backup
Details:
 10:00 AM default backup time CommServe

 Three phases: Storage Policy

Disk Library

– Local DB dump
– Export Local database Tape Library
– Backup dump

 DR Backup Settings Export phase to Backup phase to

UNC path or DR Storage
drive Policy
 CommServeDisasterRecoveryG
UI tool Standby
CommServe
CommCell Update Process
Key Points: CommServe Primary cache
FTP location
 Quarterly major service pack
download
release Client

 Cache locations:
Clients Remote
– CommServe cache cache
– Remote caches location

 Automatic updates Clients and Media Agents install Clients and Media Agents
updates manually or automatically can pull updates from
 Manual updates scheduled remote cache

MediaAgents Clients
Administrative Jobs and Schedules

 Schedule window
Access the
 CommCell schedules Scheduler
Window
– DR backup
– Data aging
– Reports
Administrative Jobs and Schedules

 Schedule window

 CommCell schedules
– DR backup
– Data aging
– Reports View Global
Schedules
Administrative Jobs and Schedules

 Schedule window

 CommCell schedules
– DR backup
– Data aging
– Reports

Save as CSV
Client Computer Groups
Management scalability for:
 Activity
 Security
 Operation Window
 Reporting
 Updates
 Job History
 Firewall
Custom client group rule for all Windows
agents at the same software version of the
CommServe in Eastern time zone that have
not been backed up in the last seven days
Module 2: Storage Configuration and Media Management
MediaAgents
Key Points: MediaAgent

 Operating system support

– Windows
– UNIX
– Linux Dedicated MediaAgent

 Physical vs. virtual Client /

MediaAgent All-In-One Server
 Client / MediaAgent on same
host

 All in one CommServe /

LAN Free Backup Path Small environments
MediaAgent / client and select Commvault
appliances
Disk Storage

MediaAgent
 Library
– Low watermark
– Prevent accidental deletion
– Mount path usage
– Stream allocation
– Space management Disk Library

 Mount path
– Writers
– Space allocation
– Validate mount path Mount
Paths
Add a Disk Library

2 Type the library name

and select the
MediaAgent

1
To add a library:
Right-click Libraries |
Add | Disk Library

3 Add mount paths using

a local or network path
Add a Mount Path

1
To add a mount path:
right-click the library |
Add Mount Path
2 Add mount paths using a
local or network path
Validating a Mount Path
1 To validate a mount path:
2 Specify mount path
right-click the mount path validation settings and
| Validate Mount Path click OK

3 4
A drive validation job is
Results of the validation
displayed in the Job
job will be displayed in a
Controller
popup window
Tape Storage
Key Points:
MediaAgent
 Library types:
– Dedicated
– Static shared
Drive Pool
– Dynamic shared Logically allocate
drives to storage
 Library operations: policy copies
– Reset
Scratch Pool
– Scan
– Clean drives
– Library properties Library Logically allocate
tapes to storage
policy copies
Add a Tape Library

1 To add a tape library, 2

Select the MediaAgent with
right-click Libraries |
access to the library and
Add | Tape Library
then click Scan Hardware

5
A success window will
be displayed once the
3
All detected libraries configuration process
will be displayed in the is complete
window

4 Right-click the library

and then select
Configure
Tape Media Management
Scratch Group Active Media Group

 Tape groups
Cleaning Media Group
 Import and export tapes

 Move tapes

 Delete tapes

 Delete contents of a tape Retired Media Group

 Erase data from a tape

 Verify a tape

Overwrite Protect Media Group

Additional Library Types

Access the Library and Drive

configuration tool

Add additional library types

including: replicated disk,
PnP USB disk, Cloud, and IP
libraries
Module 3: Policies
Storage Policies
Storage Policy Overview
Storage Policy Concepts:
 Policy based data management

 Three primary rules: Corporate Needs Government Legal Resource

Regulations Requirements Availability
– 通过哪个路径备份到哪个库
– 保留多久
– 保留几份

Storage Policy Design

 Disaster recovery copies  On-site disk copies
 Data recovery copies  Off-site disk copies
 Compliance copies  Tape copies
 Cloud copies
Storage Policy Structure
Storage Policy Copies:
 Primary copy Storage Policy
Subclients
 Secondary copies On Site Copy
Disk storage OS Financ
OS Data Data Legal
– Selective 1 month retention e Data
Data
All subclient data

– Synchronous
Finance
Data
Synchronous DR Copy Selective Compliance
Tape storage Copy
3 month retention Tape storage
Legal
7 Year retention
Data
OS Financ
Data e Data Legal Financ Legal
Data e Data Data
Storage Policy Configuration
Key Points:
 Storage policy wizard

 Policy options:
– Device streams
 Copy options:
– Retention To create a storage policy:
Expand Policies | right-click
– Data path settings Storage Policies | New
– Subclient association Storage Policy

– Multiplexing
– Combine to streams
– Compression
Storage Policy Administration
Administrative Tasks:
 Job management
– Change job retention
– Delete job
 Hide storage policy

 Delete storage policy

 Storage policy and subclient Job management

options for a storage
association policy copy job history
Global Secondary Copy
Features and Benefits:
 Consolidate Data to Tape Storage
Policy 1
 Multiple secondary copies
associated with global Secondary Copy
Storage
secondary copy Policy 2 Global
Secondary
Secondary Copy Copy

Storage
Policy 3
Secondary copies
associated with a
Secondary Copy global secondary copy
policy
Retention
Sample Retention Policy
Onsite Disaster Recovery Historical
Data
Versions Days Versions Days Versions Days

E-Mail (Database) 2 cycles 14 4 cycles 90

Mailboxes (Standard) 4 cycles 30

Monthly Full 365

Mailboxes (VP+) 4 cycles 30 4 cycles 90
Yearly Full 1825

Monthly Full 365

Finance 2 cycles 14 4 cycles 90
Yearly Full 1825

HR 2 cycles 14 4 cycles 90 Yearly Full 1825

User (Standard) 2 cycles 14 4 cycles 90

Monthly Full 365

User (VP+) 2 cycles 14 4 cycles 90
Yearly Full 1825
Job Based Retention Rules
Days Criteria F S S M T W T

FULL
 Days

INC

INC
INC

INC
– Defined as 24 hour time
– Constant whether jobs run No backups run on
7 Days
or not Saturday and
Sunday
 Cycles
Cycles Criteria
– Dependent on successful
F S S M T W T F S S M T W T
completion of full backup
– Active cycles
X
FULL

FULL
FULL
INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC
– Complete cycles

Active Cycle
Complete Cycle
Full backup fails cycle
continues until Full
completes successfully
How Retention Works
Example: Week 1 F S S M T W T
1 Cycle
 Retention Settings: 7 Days

FULL

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
– 14 days
– 2 cycles
Week 2 F S S M T W T
 Job Schedule: 1 Cycle
7 Days

FULL
– Weekly full

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
– Daily incremental
Week 3 F S S M T W T

1 Cycle
7 Days

FULL

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
Can any jobs be aged?
How Retention Works
Solution: Week 1 F S S M T W T
First cycle
ages

FULL
 Cycles aged in their entirety

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
 Do not orphan dependent jobs
Week 2 F S S M T W T

FULL

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
Resulting data in
storage:
Week 3 F S S M T W T 2 Cycle
14 Days

FULL

INC

INC
INC

INC

INC

INC
Week 4 F S S M TData W
aging Truns
Friday of week 4
12
PM
Additional Retention Settings
Retention Settings:
 Spool copy

 Extended retention
– Do not use with dedupe
disk storage
 Managed disk space

 Job based retention:

– Retention set in schedule
– Retention applied to job
 Enable / disable data aging
Storage Policy Overview
Storage Policy Concepts:
 Policy based data management

 Three primary rules:

– Subclient (What data)

– Data path (Where will it

go)

– Retention (How long will it

be kept)
Storage Policy Overview
Storage Policy Concepts: 存储策略 拷贝名 拷贝类型
CSDR(cvcluster) VTL(60) 主
CSDR(cvcluster) COPY-TAPE1(Infinity) 同步
 Policy based data management CSDR(cvcluster) COPY-TAPE3(Infinity) 同步
DB-VTL(90) VTL(90D) 主
 Three primary rules: DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) VTL(3D) 主
DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(9D) 同步
DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Monthly)(12M) 选择性
– Subclient (What data) DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Yearly1)(Infinity) 选择性
DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Yearly2)(Infinity) 选择性
– Data path (Where will it DUMP-VTL(3)-TAPE1(9_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE3(7D) 同步
DUMP-VTL(30)-TAPE1(30) VTL（30D） 主
go) DUMP-VTL(30)-TAPE1(30) COPY-TAPE1(30D) 同步
DUMP-VTL(30)-TAPE1(30)-TAPE3(30) VTL（30D） 主
– Retention (How long will it DUMP-VTL(30)-TAPE1(30)-TAPE3(30) COPY-TAPE1(30D) 同步
DUMP-VTL(30)-TAPE1(30)-TAPE3(30) COPY-TAPE3(30D) 同步
be kept) DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) VTL(7D) 主
DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(30D) 同步
DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Monthly)(12M) 选择性
DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Yearly1)(Infinity) 选择性
DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE1(Yearly2)(Infinity) 选择性
DUMP-VTL(7)-TAPE1(30_M(12)_2Y(Infinity))-TAPE3(7) COPY-TAPE3(7D) 同步
Schedule Policies
Job Initiation
Initiation Methods:
 Run immediately

 Schedule

 Schedule policy

 Save as script
Using Schedules and Schedule Policies
Use Schedules for:
 Data protection operations

 Data recovery operations

 CommServe DR backup

 Reports

 Data Aging
Using Schedules and Schedule Policies
Use Schedules for:
 Data protection operations

 Data recovery operations

 CommServe DR backup

 Reports

 Data Aging
Using Schedules and Schedule Policies
Use Schedules for: 计划策略 计划名
DR Backup Full
 Data protection operations Data Aging
每日作业摘要报告
每周审核跟踪报告
 Data recovery operations 每周存储策略拷贝中的作业报告
每周库和驱动器状态报告
 CommServe DR backup 每周备份存储信息报告
每周许可摘要报告
COPY-Daily-09:10 COPY_Daily_09:10
 Reports DB-DailyFull-01:00 FS-DailyFull-01:00
DB-DailyFull-14:00 FS-DailyFull-05:00
 Data Aging DB-WeeklyFull(SUN)-DailyInc-05:00 DB-WeeklyFull(SUN)-05:00
DB-WeeklyFull(SUN)-DailyInc-05:00 DB-DailyInc-05:00
FS-2WeeklyFull(SUN)-22:00 FS-2WeeklyFull(SUN)-22:00
FS-DailyFull-23:00 FS-DailyFull-23:00
FS-WeeklyFull(SUN)-DailyInc-23:40 FS-WeeklyFull(SUN)-23:40
FS-WeeklyFull(SUN)-DailyInc-23:40 FS-DailyInc-23:40
FS-WeeklyFull(SUN+THUR)-DailyInc-05:30 FS-WeeklyFull(SUN+THUR)-05:30
FS-WeeklyFull(SUN+THUR)-DailyInc-05:30 FS-DailyInc-05:30
FS-YearlyFull(0101)-11:30 FS-YearlyFull(0101)-11:30
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