Commvault End-User Command Line (cvc) Interface Operations for Virtual Server Agent

You can perform Virtual Server Agent (VSA) browse and restore operations by using the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc).

You can perform the following operations:

Log on to a local CommServe computer or a remote CommServe computer where you want to perform the operations.
Browse the subclient data
Perform any of the following restore operations:
- In-place
- Out-of-place
- Point-in-time
Kill, pause or resume a job

The user running the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) operations must have permission to the /tmp/cvc directory to write to the cvc.log log file.

Note

You can use the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) on UNIX configurations.

Procedure

Enable the command line (cvc) interface operations for the Virtual Server Agent (VSA).
Set the PYTHONPATH environment variable. On the command line, type the following command:
```
 
export PYTHONPATH=<software_install_path>/Base/PythonSDK
```
where software_install_path is the Commvault software installation directory.
Make sure that you are in the correct directory to run the command. On the command line, type the following command:
```
 
cd <software_install_path>/Base
```
where software_install_path is the Commvault software installation directory.
Add the EnforceUnixUserPermissionsOnRestore additional setting to the CommServe computer, to perform command line (cvc) operations as a non-root user, as shown in the following table:

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

Property

Value

Name

EnforceUnixUserPermissionsOnRestore

Category

CommServDB.GxGlobalParam

Type

Integer

Value

1
You can run the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) on UNIX configurations.
- On UNIX, run the cvc command to run backup and restore operations or the cvrecover command when you only want to run restore operations. On the command line, type the following command:
  
  Backup operations and restore operations
```
./cvc
```
Optional: To view documentation for the Python SDK Wrapper, type the following command:
```
>./cvc
Starting prompt...
>>> help
```

Property	Value
Name	EnforceUnixUserPermissionsOnRestore
Category	CommServDB.GxGlobalParam
Type	Integer
Value	1

To learn more, we recommend that you explore the examples or code snippets.