Changes in Innovation Release 11.38

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Analyze Jobs and Audit Trail Data

Use Arlie to analyze job history metadata and audit trail events for insights on performance, failures, and potential solutions.

Analyzing Jobs and Audit Trail Data

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Arlie for Commvault documentation

On the Commvault documentation website, when you search for a keyword or a phrase, Arlie will consolidate information and display the relevant procedure or contextual information.

Arlie for Documentation

11.38

External URLs for Commvault features

For all CommCell environments, across all feature releases, the IP address for Cloud Metrics Reporting (edc.commvault.com) is now 57.152.12.30.

External URLs for Commvault Features

11.38

Plan

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the Server Plan is now renamed as Backup Plan on the Commvault Software.

Backup Plan

11.38

Servers

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the Audit tab on the server details page is renamed as Notes.

11.38

Storage Policies in Command Center

When upgrading to Innovation Release 11.38, a backup plan will be created in the Command Center for the existing data protection storage policies. The associated workloads of these storage policies will also be linked to the new backup plan. This setup allows users to manage storage policies and their associated workloads directly from the Command Center. The backup plan itself will not include any data backup scheduling policies. After the conversion, the existing associations between workloads and their scheduling policies will remain unchanged, ensuring backups continue to run according to their established schedules.

• Data Protection Schedule Policies in Command Center

• Modifying a Backup Plan

11.38.35

Workflows

Starting in Innovation Update Release 11.38.35, all database queries in workflows containing XPath variables will be blocked from execution to prevent SQL injection attacks in the Commvault Software. To disable this protection, use the BlockDatabaseXpath additional setting.

11.38.37

Multi-Person Authorization

The following authorization operations are enabled by default on Command Center:

• Update Approval User Group Authorization

Multi-Person Authorization to Minimize Insider Threat

11.38

SQL Server

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, for transaction log backups that are converted to full backups, instead of continuing the transaction log backups for databases that have been converted from a transaction log backup to a full backup, a new differential backup job is started and proceeds with the backup. The full backup which was required for databases that were marked for conversion from a transaction log backup to a full backup are performed as part of the new differential backup job.

Backups for SQL Server

11.38.5

Linux CommServe Bare Metal

The CommServe Image for Bare Metal is now renamed to Linux Commserve Reference Architecture for Bare Metal Servers.

Linux Commserve Reference Architecture for Bare Metal Servers

11.38

Core Setup

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, only MSP administrators can access the Core Setup. Tenant administrators can then directly set up their solutions, as the MSP administrators have already performed the core setup.

Quick Start Guide

11.38

Upgrades

Feature release upgrades on clients are blocked when the Commvault feature release on the associated MediaAgent is lower than the release on the CommServe server. Before attempting an upgrade on the client, upgrade the release on the MediaAgent to the same release as that of the CommServe server.

11.38

pRDM mount operation

Starting in Commvault Innovation Release 11.38, you can directly enable the pRDM mount operation from the Servers or MediaAgents page.

Snapshot mount operation using pRDM

11.38

Dell EMC TimeFinder SnapVX (SYMCLI) snapshot engine

Starting in Commvault Innovation Release 11.38, Dell EMC TimeFinder SnapVX (SYMCLI) supports snapshot mount operation using pRDM.

Arrays and Agents that support pRDM mount operation

11.38

Automatic owner mapping for Mac laptops

When you use identity and security authentication applications like Jamf Connect instead of Active Directory for Mac laptops, you must create an automatic server group and apply settings for accurate laptop owner assignment. The settings allow the system to correctly assign ownership by retrieving user information from the Mac laptop.

Automatically Map Mac Laptops to Owners

11.38

Supported Mac versions

Starting Innovation Release 11.38, the following mac versions are not supported for Laptop:

• macOS Big Sur (v11.x)

• macOS Catalina (v10.15.x)

• macOS Mojave (v10.14.x)

System Requirements for Laptop

11.38

Private Shares

You can access private shares and create private shares only in the Command Center, and not in the Web Console anymore.

• Sharing a Laptop File or Folder from the Command Center

• Deprecation Notices

11.38

Public Shares

You cannot create new public shares anymore. If you had created public shares in earlier Commvault software versions, then you can access them in the Web Console.

• Accessing a Public Share Link

• Deprecation Notices

11.38

Label change in Network Topologies

Starting Innovation Release 11.38, when creating predefined network topologies, the label Infrastructure machines is now Backup infrastructure.

Network Topologies

11.38.31

Database Job Summary Report

Starting from Innovation Update Release 11.38.31, the database jobs table has been removed from the Backup Job Summary report and is now available in the Database Job Summary report. All existing schedules for the backup job summary report will be affected, as the databases table has been removed. Refer to the databases job summary report for information on database jobs.

Database Job Summary

11.38.5

Ransomware protection

If ransomware protection is disabled on Windows MediaAgents that have disk library association, index cache, or deduplication databases, it will be automatically re-enabled after 24 hours.

N/A

11.38

Security enhancement

When adding an Azure Key Vault server using the IAM AD App authentication type in Command Center, users must use secret instead of certificate. Currently, Commvault supports only secret-based authentication for Microsoft Entra ID.

• Adding an Azure Key Vault Server

11.38

Security enhancement

By default, all freshly installed clients will block the execution of third-party executables or binaries located outside the base folder, unless valid credentials are provided with the command.

• Creating and Managing Workflows

• Pre-Processes and Post-Processes Overview

• Workflow Overview

11.38

Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, micro pruning support is added for archive tier when combined tier is enabled. The following changes are made:

• For newly created storage pools, the combined tier is enabled for supported archive tiers by default. The Use combined storage option is hidden and no longer available for users.

• For existing storage pools pointing to the supported archive tiers, the combined tier is enabled.

• Commvault software seals existing deduplication databases (DDBs) of archive tier storage pools to start a new DDB with micro pruning enabled.

Combined Storage Tier

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Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, combined tier will be enabled by default for all supported archive storages and cannot be disabled. The Use combined storage option is made default and hidden to optimize restore SLA and storage utilization, and to enable micro pruning.

Cloud Service Provider Information

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Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the Hot and Cool storage classes of Air Gap Protect are renamed as Frequent access and Infrequent access respectively.

Configuring Air Gap Protect

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Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, Air Gap Protect supports the following storage types and the corresponding storage classes:

• Amazon S3
• Google Cloud Storage

Configuring Air Gap Protect

11.38

Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, you can detect an existing bucket or container of a cloud storage by clicking the Detect button on the Add cloud storage page in Command Center.

Cloud Service Provider Information

11.38

Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, you can validate a bucket or container of a cloud storage by clicking Verify on the Edit cloud access path page in Command Center.

Editing a Cloud Access Path

11.38

Cloud Storage

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the following storage classes are supported for Quantum ActiveScale:

• Active data
• Cold data

• Quantum ActiveScale
• Supported Cloud Storage Products

11.38.37

Proxmox

Starting in Innovation Update Release 11.38.37, the file system and application consistent backups are supported for Proxmox VMs.

Modifying the Backup Type for a Proxmox VM

11.38.37

Proxmox

Starting in Innovation Update Release 11.38.37, the backup process for Proxmox VMs identifies and transfers only the allocated blocks—sections of the disk that actively contain data—to the backup storage.

Backups for Proxmox VMs

11.38

All hypervisors

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, by default, VM clients are deconfigured 24 hours after the VM is no longer included in backups. Previously, the default period was 30 days.

Deleted or Deconfigured Clients for VM-Centric Operations

11.38

All hypervisors

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, Commvault includes index backups when you run full or synthetic full backups for Virtual Server Agents (VSA).

Index Backups for Virtual Server Agents

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VMware

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the SSL certificate verification for the vCenter is enabled by default when configuring backups for VMware VMs or the VMware Cloud Director hypervisor. If the certificate is not configured or not valid, an alert is displayed and the Verify SSL certificate toggle appears. To skip the SSL certificate validation, you can move the toggle to the left.

• Configuring Backups for VMware VMs
• Configuring Backups for a VMware Cloud Director Hypervisor

11.38

Web Console

Starting in Innovation Release 11.38, the Web Console will no longer be available on new or upgraded installations.

Migrate to the Command Center, which offers most of the same features, such as Reports.

CommCell Configuration