The following tables show the port requirements for Commvault. Based on your environment settings, you can configure the software to use different port numbers.
Note
All Commvault network communication is TCP-based.
Required Network Ports
Target Machine to Access |
Incoming Ports on Target Machine |
Accessed From |
Feature or Purpose |
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All |
8400 (Default CVD port) (configurable) |
All other network peers |
Required to be open on MediaAgents for faster data traffic |
All |
8403 (configurable) |
All other network peers |
All data and control traffic |
CommServe server |
8401 |
CommCell Console |
Administering product using CommCell Console |
CommServe server, Web Server, and any client server where MongoDB package is installed |
27017 |
Web Server |
Web Server uses MongoDB as the cache for quick responses for Command Center pages |
Computer hosting Command Center package |
80, 443 |
Desktops running browser |
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Additional Ports Based on Use Cases
Target Machine to Access |
Incoming Ports on Target Machine |
Accessed From |
Feature or Purpose |
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CommServe server |
1433, 1434 |
Web Server, Workflow Engine |
Direct database access Note For MS SQL Server, communication on TCP Port 1433 and UDP Port 1434 need to be open. |
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CommServe Server |
8052, 8053, 8054, 8055, 8056 and 8057 Note
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Web Server |
Commvault Message Queue |
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CommServe server failover (both sides) |
8408 |
All other network peers |
All data and control traffic |
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CommServe server (Linux Instance 002) failover (both sides) |
8410, 8413 |
All other network peers |
All data and control traffic |
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MediaAgents |
111, 2049, 2050 |
Database server or hypervisor that needs to access Commvault backup data directly |
Live mount and live restore for VSA, 3DFS and Hybrid File Store Note These ports need to be opened on the Commvault 3DFS server. |
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NAS File Server |
10000 For information about configuring additional ports, see Configuring a Firewall Between a File Server and a MediaAgent. |
MediaAgent that performs backups |
NDMP and NAS backups |
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Web Server |
80, 81 or Commvault port-forwarding gateway (for more information, see Configuring Access to the Web Server Using a Port-Forwarding Gateway) |
Command Center |
Command Center and Custom Reports Engine |
Target Machine to Access |
Incoming Ports on Target Machine |
Accessed From |
Feature or Purpose |
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CommServe server |
8111(Linux) 9400, 9401, 9403 (Windows) |
Commvault 1-Touch temporary recovery client |
Reserved port to communicate with CommServe server from client during 1-Touch restore |
Communication port |
9401 (by default) |
Transfer data from access node/proxy client to IBMi client machine |
For sending and requesting requests (for example, backup, restore, browse, update install) from the CommServe server through access node/proxy machine. |
Data ports |
Any range |
Transfer data from IBMi client machine to access node/proxy client. |
For transferring data from IBMi client machine to access node/proxy client during backup. For transferring data from access node/proxy client to IBMi client machine during restore operations. By default, SSH communication (port 22) is used for installation and services start). Note
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Domino server |
1352 |
Client Domino Mailbox Archiver |
Domino (RPC) |
ESXi hosts |
902 |
VSA access node |
Data transfer and metadata operations on virtual machine disk (VMDK) |
Distributed Storage proxies |
3260 |
Client |
Clients using Distributed Storage Clusters as a target |
High Availability Cluster (HAC) |
8090, 8091, 8097 |
Index Server, HAC |
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Index Server |
81 |
Web Server, MediaAgent, CommServe server |
Used for Commvault Edge Drive indexing operations |
Index Server |
20000 For information about configuring alternate ports for Index Server nodes, see Adding a Node to the Index Server. |
Web Server/Custom Reports Engine, Index Server, HAC |
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Search engine |
27000 |
Web Server, search engine |
For compliance, end-user search between search engines for cloud search |