Deconfiguring and Reconfiguring an Instance

Command Line Interface

You can deconfigure and reconfigure an instance using the command line interface.

For details, see Deconfiguring an Instance Using the Command Line Interface and Reconfiguring an Instance Using the Command Line Interface.

Rest API

You can deconfigure and reconfigure an instance using the Rest API.

For details, see POST Deconfigure Instance and REST API - POST Reconfigure Components.

CommCell Console

You can deconfigure and reconfigure an instance from the CommCell Console.

For details, see Deconfiguring Components and Reconfiguring Components.

For more information on the data aging rules for deconfigured instances, see Media Management Configuration: Data Aging.

Subclient Configuration

Creating a Subclient

Download the create_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute –af create_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx –subclientName xxxxx -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName xxxxx

Modifying a Subclient

Download the modify_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute –af modify_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx –subclientName xxxxx

Example:

qoperation execute -af modify_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName 'client1' -instanceName 'instance1' -subclientName 'default' -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName 'SP1' -mySqlSubclientProp/numberOfBackupStreams 2 -commonProperties/excludeFromSLA false

Example to enable block-level backup at the subclient level:

qoperation execute -af modify_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName 'client1' -instanceName 'instance1' -subclientName 'default' -mySqlSubclientProp/isUseBlockLevelBackup 1 -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName 'SP1' -isSnapBackupEnabled true -snapShotEngineName 'native'

Note: You can enable block-level backup using the above example only on a Linux computer.

Updating Subclient Content

Download the update _content_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute –af update_content_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx –subclientName xxxxx

Example:

qoperation execute –af update_content_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName 'client1' -instanceName 'instance1' –subclientName 'sc1' -mySQLContent/databaseName 'db1'

Note

You can add multiple databases to the subclient by modifying the XML file as shown in the example update_content_template.xml file.

Enabling Proxy Backup Operation

Download the enable_proxy_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute -af enable_proxy_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx –subclientName xxxxx -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName xxxxx -mySqlSubclientProp/numberOfBackupStreams xxxxx -commonProperties/excludeFromSLA false –isProxyEnabled true –isFailOverToPrduction true

Example:

qoperation execute -af enable_proxy_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName 'client1' -instanceName 'instance1' –subclientName 'sc1' -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName 'sp1' -mySqlSubclientProp/numberOfBackupStreams 2 -commonProperties/excludeFromSLA false –isProxyEnabled true –isFailOverToPrduction true

Getting Subclient Properties

Download the get_subclient_properties_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute –af get_subclient_properties_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx –subclientName xxxxx

Deleting a Subclient

Download the delete_subclient_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

Execute the following command from the <Software_Installation_Directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameters values.

qoperation execute –af delete_subclient_template.xml -appName 'MySQL' -clientName xxxxx -instanceName xxxxx -subclientName xxxxx

Available Parameters for Subclient Configuration

The following table displays all the parameters you can use with the commands mentioned in the above sections. To add a parameter to your command, use the following syntax: (Some examples are provided at the end of the table.)

qoperation execute -af template XML file -parameter name value

Parameter	Description of Parameter Values
appName	Name of the application. In this case it would be 'MySQL'.
clientName	Name of the client computer.
instanceName	Name of the MySQL instance.
subclientName	Name of the MySQL subclient.
enableBackup	Option to enable backup of subclient. Valid values are True/False.
networkAgents	Number of Network Agents.
encryptionFlag	Option to set the encryption points during backups. Valid values are: ENC_MEDIA_ONLY, to encrypt the backup data after transmission and prior to storage on the media. ENC_NETWORK_AND_MEDIA, to encrypt the backup data before transmission. The data is stored encrypted on the media. ENC_NETWORK_ONLY, to encrypt the backup data before transmission and then decrypt the data prior to storage on the media. ENC_NONE, to disable data encryption.
softwareCompression	Option to enable compression on the Client or MediaAgent computer. Valid values are: ON_CLIENT, to enable software compression on the client. ON_MEDIAAGENT, to enable software compression on the MediaAgent. OFF, to disable software compression.
dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName	Name of Storage Policy to be associated for backup.
enableDeduplication	Option to enable deduplication on subclient. Valid values are True/False.
generateSignature	A component of deduplication performed on the client or MediaAgent computer. Valid values are: ON_CLIENT, to enable signature generation on the client. ON_MEDIA_AGENT, to enable signature generation on the MediaAgent. OFF, to disable signature generation.
mySqlSubclientProp/numberOfBackupStreams	Option to change the number of streams for data backup.
postBackupCommand	Path to the post-process script that will be run after the backup.
preBackupCommand	Path to the pre-process script that will be run before the backup.
runAs	Option to specify the user name who has permissions to run the pre-process and post-process scripts. Valid values are: USE_IMPERSONATION, to specify a user with enough privileges to run the scripts. When using this value, you also need to provide the user credentials: -prepostUserName/userName <user name> -prepostUserName/password <password> USE_LOCAL_SYS_ADMIN, to use the administrator account to run the scripts.
runPostBackup	Option to run a process after backup completes. Valid values are Yes/No.
impersonateUser/userName	User name of the account that has the required privileges to access the data on a network share when specifying UNC paths for the subclient content.
impersonateUser/password	Password of the account that has the required privileges to access the network share. This parameter must be used along with the 'impersonateUser/userName' parameter.
mySQLContent/databaseName	Name of the database to be added as subclient content.
contentOperationType	Option to add, modify or delete the subclient content. Valid values are: ADD, to add the subclient content. OVERWRITE, to modify the subclient content. DELETE, to delete the subclient content.

The following examples show how to add a parameter for a command:

Enable Backup

To enable backup for a subclient, add the 'enableBackup' parameter to the following command:

qoperation execute –af modify_subclient_template.xml -appName '$[MySQL]' -clientName $[client1] -instanceName $[instance1] –subclientName $[subclient1] -enableBackup $[true]

Setting a Storage Policy

To assign a storage policy to a subclient, add the 'storagePolicyName' parameter to the following command:

qoperation execute –af modify_subclient_template.xml -appName '$[MySQL]' -clientName $[client1] -instanceName $[client1instance1] –subclientName $[subclient1] -dataBackupStoragePolicy/storagePolicyName $[SPdata]

Deleting the Client (qdelete client)

Description

This command can be used to deconfigure and/or delete a client, along with its agents.

By default, the qdelete client command asks for confirmation before deleting the client. You can skip the confirmation prompt with the -y option.

Upon successful completion, qdelete client displays the message "Deleted the client successfully" on the command prompt. In case of an error, an error code and description are displayed as: "client: Error errorcode: errordescription"

Usage

qdelete client [-cs commserve_host_name] -c client [-deconfigure] [-y] [-tf tokenfile] [-tk token] [-af clientfile] [-h]

Options

-cs	CommServe host name
-c	Client computer name
-deconfigure	Deconfigures a client without deleting it
-y	Delete without confirmation
-tf	Reads token from a file
-tk	Token string
-af	Reads client name from a file
-h	Displays help

Diagnostics

Possible exit status values are:

0 - Successful completion.

1 - CLI usage failures, due to the use of an unsupported option or missing argument.

2 - Any other failure.

Examples

Delete a client with name client1.

qdelete client -c client1
 This command deconfigures and deletes a client, do you want to continue (y/n)? [n]

Deconfigure, but do not delete, a client with name client1
```
qdelete client -c client1 -deconfigure -y
```
Delete a set of clients specified in an argument file.
```
qdelete client -af "E:\clients.txt"
```
In this example, clients.txt is a text file containing a list of client names. Ensure that the file is in the following format:
```
[client]
 Client01
 Client02
 ClientXX
```

Note

You can mass-delete clients with or without their associated MediaAgents using the qdelete client command. You can include this command (along with the qdelete mediaagent command, if desired) in a script. Mass deletion of these items is useful if you want to remove them after a split of a CommCell. To mass-delete items where the CommCell is not split, be sure to run the script from the install location of the CommServe.

Deleting the Agent (qdelete dataagent)

Description

This command deconfigures or deletes the specified agent.

By default, the qdelete dataagent command asks for confirmation before deletion. You can skip the confirmation prompt using the "-y" option.

Upon completion, qdelete dataagent displays a message that the agent was successfully deleted on the command prompt. In case of an error, an error code and description are displayed as: "dataagent: Error errorcode: errordescription"

Usage

qdelete dataagent -c client -a agent [-deconfigure] [-y] [-tf tokenfile] [-tk token] [-h]

Options

-c	Client computer name
-a	The agent to be deleted (see Argument Values - Agent Types)
-d	Deconfigures the agent without deleting it
-y	Delete without confirmation
-tf	Reads token from a file
-tk	Token string
-h	Displays help

Diagnostics

Possible exit status values are:

0 - Successful completion.

1 - CLI usage failures, due to the use of an unsupported option or missing argument.

2 - Any other failure.

Examples

Delete an agent named MyDataAgent under client client1.

qdelete dataagent -c client1 -a MyDataAgent
This command deconfigures and deletes an agent, do you want to configure (y/n)

Deconfigure an agent named MyDataAgent under client client1 without any confirmation.
```
qdelete client -c client1 -a MyDataAgent -deconfigure - y
```

Log Off from the CommServe

Once you have completed the command line operations, you can logout from the CommServe using the following command:

qlogout -cs commserve

For example, to log out from the CommServe 'Server1'.

qlogout -cs Server1

Deconfiguring and Reconfiguring an Instance

Command Line Interface

Rest API

CommCell Console

Subclient Configuration

Creating a Subclient

Modifying a Subclient

Updating Subclient Content

Example:

Enabling Proxy Backup Operation

Getting Subclient Properties

Deleting a Subclient

Available Parameters for Subclient Configuration

Deleting the Client (qdelete client)

Description

Usage

Options

Diagnostics

Examples

Deleting the Agent (qdelete dataagent)

Description

Usage

Options

Diagnostics

Examples

Log Off from the CommServe

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