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Postinstallation Tasks for Clients

Based on your environment settings, or the installation options that you set, you might have to perform some postinstallation tasks to complete the client installation.

The following sections describe general tasks for Windows and UNIX clients.

Windows

Based on your environment settings, or the installation options that you set, you might have to perform some general tasks to complete the installation on MediaAgents with Windows operating system.

Configure Cluster Group Clients

If you installed agents in a cluster environment, you must configure a cluster group client, and, if applicable, failover settings. For more information, see the following:

Add Commvault to the Windows Firewall Exclusion List

If you did not add the Commvault programs and services to the Windows Firewall exclusion list during the installation, you can add them later by using a batch file. For more information, see Configuring Windows Firewall to Allow CommCell Communication.

Add the bPre11Clients Additional Setting if You Have V10 Clients in Your CommCell Environment

Due to security enhancements made in CPR 2023E, communication from a Commvault Version 11 MediaAgent to Commvault Version 10 clients will not work unless you add the bPre11Clients additional setting to the Version 11 MediaAgent.

  1. To the Version 11 MediaAgent, add the bPre11Clients additional setting as shown in the following table.

    For information about adding an additional setting from the CommCell Console, see Adding an Additional Setting from the CommCell Console.

    Property

    Value

    Name

    bPre11Clients

    Category

    CommServe

    Type

    Integer

    Value

    1

  2. Restart services on the MediaAgent.

Complete Network Configurations

If you configured firewall settings during the installation, you must complete additional network configurations from the CommCell Console. For more information, see Network Routes.

Enable Application-Aware Installs

If any of the following are true, you can configure the Commvault software to automatically detect the installed client database applications and then install the corresponding Commvault packages:

  • You plan to add additional applications after you install the Commvault software.

  • You plan to refresh the hardware.

  • You have managed service provider configuration.

For information on how to enable this feature, see Installing Commvault by Automatically Detecting the Database Applications Installed on Clients.

Restart DB2 Instance Services

If the Windows client has a DB2 agent, you must restart DB2 instance services after you upgrade the DB2 agent.

UNIX, Linux, and Macintosh

Register the Client after Decoupled Installation

If you installed Commvault in decoupled mode, the client was not registered during the installation. To register the client, use one of the following methods:

Configure Cluster Group Clients

If you installed agents in a cluster environment, you must configure a cluster group client, and if applicable, failover settings. For more information, see:

Complete Firewall Configurations

If you configured firewall settings during the installation, you must complete additional firewall configurations from the CommCell Console. For more information, see Firewall - Getting Started - Overview.

Change UNIX Groups and Access Permissions on UNIX Clients

If you need to change the UNIX group and access permissions that you defined during the installation, see Changing UNIX Groups and Permissions on UNIX Clients.

Note: You must perform this task when you install a database on an existing client and the packages have different permissions.

Set Read Permissions on AIX Clients

If you installed agents on an AIX computer, and you did not set read permissions for other users during the installation, see Setting Read Permissions on AIX Clients.

View Files Created During the Installation

For some agents, additional files and folders are created outside the installation directory. If you want to view the files and folders that were created outside the installation directory, see Files and Folders Created During UNIX Installations.

Enable Application-Aware Installs

You can configure the Commvault software to automatically detect the installed client database applications and then install the corresponding Commvault packages when you:

Restart DB2 Log Manager

If the Unix client has a DB2 agent, after the upgrade is complete, perform the following steps:

  1. Restart the DB2 Log Manager using the following command for all instances and databases:

    db2pd -db <database_name> -fvp lam1

    For more information, go to article 1140214 on the IBM Support portal.

  2. On AIX computer, run the slibclean command.

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