Enabling Ransomware Protection for a HyperScale Cluster

You can enable ransomware protection for a HyperScale cluster.

Before You Begin

• Review the system requirements and the considerations for ransomware protection.
• If any disk libraries or mount paths that are mounted are already present on the MediaAgent, you must take a backup of the /etc/fstab system file.
• You must set the MediaAgent on maintenance mode because the operations in the procedure require a reboot and perform unmount and mount of the disk libraries.
• If the MediaAgent is a client computer, make sure that there are no active backup or restore operations running on the MediaAgent.

Procedure

1. Login to your MediaAgent.
2. Stop the Commvault services.

3. To enable the ransomware protection for the cluster, run the following command from the console or a tmux shell:

    
   /opt/commvault/MediaAgent/task_manager/cvmanager.py -t Enable_Ransomware_Protection

Result

Ransomware protection will be enabled in the cluster and can be viewed as follows:

1. From the navigation pane, go to Manage > Infrastructure.
   The Infrastructure page appears.
2. Click the MediaAgent tile.
   The MediaAgents page appears.
3. Click the MediaAgent in which you enabled ransomware.
   In the Control section, the Ransomware Protection toggle key will be enabled. (The toggle key will appear grayed out.)

Additional Information

• The software logs the activities of the ransomware protection in the /var/log/cvsecurity.log file.
• The software logs any unauthorized activities in the /var/log/audit/audit.log file.