Deploying Commvault Access Node (Windows/Linux BYOL) from the AWS Marketplace

From the AWS Marketplace, you can deploy an AWS instance as a Commvault (Windows/Linux) Access Node using the Commvault Cloud Access Node BYOL offering. This image includes all components required to support Windows or Linux operations within the Commvault environment.

For more information about deploying and managing Access Nodes in AWS, see Auto-Scaling for Amazon EC2 Access Nodes.

Prerequisites

You can access the AWS Marketplace Images here:

• Commvault Cloud Access Node ARM BYOL: Amazon Linux AWS Graviton (ARM 64-bit)

• Commvault Cloud - Amazon Linux Access Node BYOL: Amazon Linux 2023

• Commvault Cloud Microsoft Access Node for BYOL: Windows Server 2019 (64-bit x86)

Considerations

• After the deployment, you can subscribe to the BYOL packages on AWS Marketplace. To review the terms and conditions agreement before subscribing, see:

  • Commvault Cloud Access Node BYOL

  • Commvault Cloud Access Node ARM BYOL

• When you launch the AWS instance, you must provide a key pair. You can use an existing key pair or create a new key pair as part of the deployment.

Procedure

Launch an Instance in the AWS Console

1. In the Amazon EC2 console, go to Instances, and then click Launch Instance.

   A wizard appears to guide you through the deployment.

2. Search for "Commvault".

3. Display the search results for AWS Marketplace.

4. Select Commvault Cloud Access Node (Windows/Linux) BYOL.

5. Select an instance type.

6. Identify a network and subnet that are available for the deployment.

7. If necessary, add additional storage.

   By default, the Commvault Cloud Access Node (Windows/Linux) BYOL provides 127 GB of storage.

Configure a Commvault Client for the AWS Instance

1. From the Command Center navigation pane, go to Manage > Servers.

   The Servers page appears.

2. Click Add server.

   The Add servers dialog box appears.

3. Select Complete the installation if software packages are already installed on your computer.

4. In Host name, enter the IPv4 address of the AWS instance.

   The IPv4 address must be reachable by the CommServe server in one of the following ways:

   • Port 8403 (default)

   • A network topology

5. In Server name, enter the server name.

6. Click Install.

7. On the Linux machine, perform a remote install of all currently available Commvault feature release maintenance releases.

8. If your CommServe system is a more recent release of Commvault than the MediaAgent, update the MediaAgent to the same feature release.