COMMVAULT IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING 2013
Objective To be able do install CommVault backup for
PoC or customer project for
Windows / Linux OS
Common Applications & DB
Troubleshoot and do basic DR
COMMVAULT IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING 2013
Agenda
Day 1
oCommVault Backup Introduction
oInstalling CommVault
oManaging licenses
oConfiguring Tape and Disk Storage
oConfiguring Storage Policies
Day 2
oConfiguring Backups and Restores
oVMware Backup and Restores
oTroubleshooting
oDisaster Recovery
CommVault Overview
Tan Sin Lip
ASEAN Technical Consultant
Founded in 1996, from AT&T
Labs
Global presence with over 1500
employees
Over 17,000 global customers
24% average growth over last
6 years
Publicly traded on NASDAQ
(CVLT)
About $500 million in revenue
Modern Data Management Product Suite -
last year
Simpana V10
4
Simplifed Version Single Platform
Data Management Information Management
Backup and Recovery Info Governance
Snapshot Integration Regulatory & Compliance
Deduplication Enterprise Search
Virtual Server Protection E-Discovery
Archive Legal Hold
Edge Data Protection
Storage Tiering
V10 MODERN DATA MANAGEMENT
SINGLE-PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE
APPLICATIONS DATABASES MESSAGING FILE SYSTEMS EDGE
Backup
Backup
AUTOMATE ADMINISTRATE
Distributed
Distributed
Copies
Copies Intelligent
Data Copies Index
Index
Index
Archive
Archive
Self-
Self-
Copies
Copies
Managed
Managed
Snapshot
Snapshot
Scale
Scale
Copies
Copies
ContentStore efficient
efficient
Many
Many
File
File Analytics
Analytics
Devices
Devices
Meta-Data
Meta-Data
Many
Many
Search
Search
Locations
Locations DISPOSE
RECOVER RETAIN DISCOVER ANALYZE ACCESS
Content
Content
Reduce
Reduce &
&
VERSION RELEASES
Current Simpana Version 10
Released Feb 2013
Currently in SP5 patch version
Pack of 6 DVDs
Downward Compatibility
2 versions backwards
V10 CommServe can support V8 client
Service Pack released monthly
Major pack will release ISO (SP5)
Minor packs will only be patches (SP4a, SP4b)
GETTING MEDIA KIT AND PATCHES
Download off customers Maintenance
Advantage account
Must have access to customer account
Get directly from CommVault team
Physical Transfer
DropBox etc
COMMVAULT DOCUMENTATION
Books Online:
[Link]
Regularly updated
Different pages for different versions
Provides some compatibility information
[Link]
Hardware compatiblity information
COMMVAULT DOCUMENTATION -
COMPATIBILITY
KEY COMMVAULT TERMS
CommCell 1 CommVault environment with 1
CommServe
CommCell ID (CCID) globally unique 4 digit
hexadecimal serial number assigned to each
production/NFR
CommCell Console Java based GUI for almost all
CommVault administration
CommVault Architecture
CommServe
Management Server and OEM
SQL DB
Single Management Console Windows Only
CommCell
Media Agents
The Data Mover that
connects to the storage.
Also known as Backup
Servers
Windows, Linux, UNIX
LONG-TERM ARCHIVE
Client/Application Agents
(iDA)
Intelligent agents on each
protected machine
File e-mail Virtual
Applications Databases
Systems Servers Servers Windows, Linux, UNIX,
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VMware, Hyper-V
CommVault Architecture Optional Components
Web Server
Used for CommVault clients
to interact through HTTP
Windows with SQL and
Functions
IIS/Tomcat
Advanced
Search Engine
Index Content of ingested
data
Search Compliance E-Discovery
Nodes Search
End-User Search
Are Physical Servers
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WHERE ARE OPTIONAL COMPONENTS USED?
Feature Web Server Search
File Archiving NA Optional
Email Yes Optional
Archiving
E-Discovery Yes Yes
Desktop Yes Optional
Backup
Backup and NA Optional
Recovery
USER INTERFACES IN COMMAULT
Admin Operations End User Specialized Users
Mobile Monitor Mobile Access
Mobile Job Operations Data Access
vCenter Outlook Explorer
Plugin VM-FS Access Mail Access File Access
CommCell Console Web Console Compliance E-Discovery
Cell Operations Run, Search, Access Search, Review, Audit
Web
CommCell Console CommCell Console
Program
Cell Operations Restricted Access
Thank You!
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