The eleventh generation of Commvault, our industry leading software, has all of the latest innovations designed to provide you with a business advantage.
In addition to the new software features and usability enhancements in this platform release, we have rearchitected the core of our software. This includes the following:
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The Security layer has greater access for control and flexibility, and addresses the needs of mobile users.
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The Networking layer supports new transport modes, and provides greater speeds and better scaling.
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The Database layer has been simplified to eliminate potential bottlenecks.
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The Indexing layer supports multiple databases as well as live-edit capabilities.
To see new features and changes for recent feature releases, go to the feature release documentation (for example, "Feature Release 11.23") listed under "What's New".
If you are a new user of our software, start by reading the Software Overview pages, and try out our software by following the Quick Start Guide.
Feature Releases and Feature Release Support
Feature Release Cadence is Now Every Six Months
Beginning March 15, 2022, new feature releases will be available every six months instead of every three months. This new release cadence will help improve the stability and quality of Commvault. The next Long-Term Support (LTS) release will be available on June 15, 2022.
Note the following:
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Long-Term Support (LTS) releases will continue to have a support lifetime of up to three (3) years, and non-LTS releases will continue to have a support lifetime of up to one (1) year.
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Maintenance releases will continue to be available on a monthly schedule.
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Security updates will continue to be available as needed.
Support for LTS Releases and Non-LTS Releases
Beginning Feature Release 11.23, Long-Term Support (LTS) releases have a support lifetime of up to three (3) years, and non-LTS releases have a support lifetime of up to one (1) year.
Maintenance Release Schedule Change
Beginning September, 2020, maintenance releases are posted on a monthly schedule.
For more information, see Feature Release Schedule and Lifecycles.
NFS ObjectStore Is Now Called Hybrid File Store
Beginning in Feature Release 11.21, NFS ObjectStore is called Hybrid File Store.
Web-Based CommCell Console Will Stop Working When Oracle Removes the Support for Java Web Start
As described in the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap web page, Oracle will continue to provide public updates and auto updates of Java "until at least the end of January 2019 for Commercial Users". After that time, Java Web Start and the Java Plug-in will be removed and Commvault users will no longer be able to access the CommCell Console as a Java Web Start application.
Commvault users will be able to access the CommCell Console using the Java Web Start application up until the end of January 2019, and the Java deprecation warning will appear during that time. After January 2019, Commvault users will not be able to access the CommCell Console using the Java Web Start application.
After January 2019, Commvault users can access the CommCell Console only by using one of the following methods:
Deprecation and End-of-Life
For more information about the end of support for the deprecated platforms, products, and features, see Deprecation Notices.