Operating System and Application Upgrades
The Audit Trail feature allows you to track the operations of users who have access to the CommCell. This capability is useful if a detrimental operation was performed in the CommCell and the source of that operation needs to be determined.
Audit Trail tracks operations according to four severity levels:
To set Audit Trail retention periods:
An auxiliary copy operation allows you to create secondary copies of data associated with data protection operations, independent of the original copy.
If you are starting the auxiliary copy operation from the Storage Policy level, the Storage Policy field is already populated with the name of the Storage Policy you selected. |
Depending on your vendor and configuration, the NAS iDataAgent requires one or more of the following licenses. A license is required when a NAS client is added in the CommCell Browser, not at the point of software installation on the MediaAgent.
BlueArc NAS NDMP | iDataAgent for BlueArc NAS NDMP | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
NetApp NAS NDMP | iDataAgent for NetApp NAS NDMP | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
EMC Celerra NAS NDMP | iDataAgent for EMC Celerra NAS NDMP | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
Hitachi NAS NDMP | iDataAgent for Hitachi NAS NDMP | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
NDMP Remote Server on Windows | iDataAgent for NDMP Remote Server on MS Windows | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
NDMP Remote Server on UNIX | iDataAgent for NDMP Remote Server on Unix | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
NDMP Restore Enabler | iDataAgent for NDMP Restore Enabler | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
Mutli Vendor NAS NDMP | iDataAgent for Multi Vendor NAS NDMP | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
Library Shared across SAN environment | Shared Library Support on the CommServe | 1 license per client. The license is consumed when this component is configured on the client computer. |
If you installed the software using an Evaluation License, you can upgrade to a Permanent License as follows:
The license information is updated in the License Administration window.
License Usage by Capacity is a licensing mechanism that allows you to obtain licenses based on the amount of data you back up. It provides the following features:
Both Core and Enterprise license types are available. Refer to License Usage by Capacity for comprehensive information on utilizing this method.
If you no longer require a license on a computer, such as cases where the computer is being retired, you can release the license and use it later for another computer. Backup data from the retired computer can still be restored after the license is released provided the data is not aged.
If releasing a license is unsuccessful, a number of popup messages appears. In some cases, the message requests that you take some corrective action. For example, the message might advise you to ensure that there are no jobs running on the agent. In such a case, click OK and take the appropriate action. Then repeat the process. If releasing a license is successful, the tree element is dimmed and available for deletion.
Use the following links to view the online help for the corresponding tabs in the CommCell Console:
Operating system upgrades are only supported when upgrading from one version of an OS to a different version of the same OS (e.g., Win2003 to Win2008). The two methods of upgrading are:
For Full OS Replacement, the client computer must be configured to have the CommServe, MediaAgent, and/or Client software re-installed to the same location, the same Fully Qualified Domain Name or short domain name, the same partitions, disk drive format (FAT, NTFS, et. al.), and IP configuration as previously.
If it is necessary to remove Agent software to facilitate an operating system or application upgrade, do not delete the icon for the Agent from the CommCell Console, or all associated backed up data will be lost. |
Use the following strategy to upgrade the operating system software:
By default, all operations in the CommCell can run for 24 hours. To prevent certain operations from running during certain periods of the day, you can define operation rules so that these operations are disabled during those times.
When operation rules are configured, operations that are started within the time window specified will go to a queued (as opposed to pending) state. Once the time window specified in the operation rule has elapsed, these queued or running operations will resume automatically.
A schedule policy is a defined schedule or group of schedules for specific operations to be performed on associated objects within the CommCell. When the schedules from a policy are run, the specified operations, (e.g., auxiliary copy, backup, etc.,) will be performed on the associated CommCell objects.
A Storage policy defines the data lifecycle management rules for protected data. Storage policies map data from its original location to a physical storage media and determine its retention period.
NAS components are installed automatically with the MediaAgent software. Individual NAS clients must be deconfigured from the MediaAgent computer prior to uninstalling the File System iDataAgent or MediaAgent software. Consider the following prior to uninstalling NAS components:
The following sequence must be used when uninstalling NAS components:
You can track the progress of the job from the Job Controller or Event Viewer.
For Windows Vista/Windows 2008, click Uninstall a Program in the Control Panel.
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