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Create/Modify an Instance

Delete an Instance

Create/Modify an Instance

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Required Actions

To create/modify an Instance

1. To create an instance, from the CommCell Browser, locate the correct client computer node, and right-click the agent node for which you want the new instance created, click All Tasks, and then click New Instance from the shortcut menu.

   To modify an existing instance, from the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance you want to modify, and then click Properties from the shortcut menu.

2. If creating an instance, enter the name (up to 32 characters) for the instance in the General tab.
3. Select the type of virtual server(s) that will be backed up using the backup sets and subclients of this instance.

   If selecting VMware, you must select either the Virtual Center or individual ESX servers.

   • Virtual Center - when selected, you must also configure the user name and password associated with the virtual center by clicking the Configure Password button.
   • ESX Servers - when selected, you must also configure the ESX servers to be included.  To do so:
     1. Click the Configure ESX Server button. The ESX Server Configuration dialog box is displayed.
     2. Click Add/Edit/Remove as desired.
     3. If adding a new ESX server, the Add ESX Server dialog box appears. Enter the ESX Server name as well as the user name and  password associated with the ESX Server (the password must be confirmed in the space provided). Click OK.
     4. If editing an existing ESX Server, the Add ESX Server dialog box appears. Change the ESX Server name, user name, or password as desired (the password must be confirmed in the space provided). Click OK.
4. From the Security tab, select the appropriate user groups to which you want to associate to the CommCell object from the Available Groups pane, and then move the user group to the Associated Groups pane.
5. Click OK to save the instance.

Delete an Instance

Before You Begin

• For most agents except Oracle and SQL Server, you cannot delete an instance if there is only one instance present for an agent. To delete the final instance for most agents except the ones identified, you must first remove the agent software from the client computer. For Oracle RAC, which does not involve agent software, you can delete the instance under the RAC pseudo-client.
• When you delete a specific instance positioned in the level below the corresponding agent or pseudo-client in the CommCell Console, the following actions occur:
  • The corresponding backup data for that instance becomes immediately unavailable, thus making it inaccessible for restore purposes. In effect, the backup data is deleted.
  • All child levels contained within the level are deleted in the CommCell Browser.
  • All job schedules and job histories that pertain to any of the levels within the deleted instance are deleted.
• If you delete an Oracle iDataAgent instance included within an Oracle RAC instance (node), the backup data is not deleted, and it is available for restore by another eligible client.
• You cannot delete an instance if it is being backed up. Attempts to delete an instance under such conditions cause the deletion to fail. If a backup is in progress, either wait for the backup to complete or kill the backup job using the Job Manager. Once the backup is no longer in progress, you can delete the instance level.

Required Capability: See Capabilities and Required Actions

To delete an instance positioned in the level below the corresponding agent or pseudo-client

1. From the CommCell Browser, right-click the instance that you want to delete, click All Tasks and then click Delete.
2. Click Yes to confirm the deletion. (Clicking No cancels the deletion and retains the node.)
3. Type the requested phrase in the Enter Confirmation Text dialog box and click OK. This should delete the instance.

To delete an Oracle iDataAgent instance included within an Oracle RAC instance (node)

1. Right-click the Oracle RAC instance, click Properties, and click Details.
2. Click the instance that you want to delete within Client/Instance/Status and click Delete.
3. Repeat the previous step for each Oracle iDataAgent instance (except the last one remaining) within the Oracle RAC instance that you want to delete.
4. Click OK. This should delete the Oracle iDataAgent instance(s).

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