Getting Started with the Archiving Solution

This topic describes the high-level steps that first-time users must follow to set up the archiving feature in the Command Center.

Before You Begin

• If your production environment is configured with antivirus software, see Antivirus Exclusions for Windows and Recommended Antivirus Exclusions for UNIX and Mac.

• Configure Storage. For more information about configuring storage, see Storage.

Procedure

1. Verify that your share access nodes meet the following hardware requirements.

   A share access node is a computer that has access to the network shares and is used for live scan and archive operations.

   Component	Requirement
   CPU/RAM10	2 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM (or 2 vCPUs/16 GB)
   OS or Software Disk	200 GB usable disk, min 2 spindles 15KRPM

2. Install the Commvault software packages on your share access node.

   • For NFS share, you must mount the NFS share on a computer where the UNIX file system agent package is installed.

   • For IBM Spectrum Scale (GPFS) and Lustre, install the File System package on your data access node.

   • For Hadoop (HDFS), install the Hadoop package on your data access node.

3. Configure the Archive application by completing the Guided Setup for the Archive Application.

4. Create an archive plan.

5. Add a new file server to the Command Center.

   You can also configure an existing file server in the Command Center.

6. Create an archive set.

   Archive sets are logical groupings of subclients that contain data to be archived. You can create user-defined archive sets to manage specific data.

7. Optional: Create a subclient for archiving..

   Archiving subclients are logical containers of data to be archived. When you create an archive set, a default subclient is automatically created. The default subclient contains the data, plan, filters, and exceptions that you added when you created the archive set.

   You can create additional user-defined subclients to manage specific data.

8. Perform an archive operation.

   When you run an archive operation, the files that meet the archiving rules are stubbed.

9. Access your archived data.

   You can recall your archived data from any computer other than a computer used as a data access node.