You can use the Auto discover applications option to automatically find applications on servers and install agents that can back up the applications. You can automatically discover applications on all servers in a server group or all servers in a company.
After you enable automatic discovery of applications and install the File System Agent, the Commvault service for each server where automatic discovery is enabled runs a task every 24 hours that scans the server and installs Commvault software to back up each application that is found.
After the Commvault software is installed, for some applications, new database instances are automatically discovered by default. The software creates new database instances automatically, and then, according to the configured plan, backup jobs run automatically. Other applications do not automatically discover database instances, so you must manually configure backup and restore operations.
If you want to disable automatic discovery of applications for a server, then you must disable the Auto discover applications option for every server group or company that the server is associated with. If a server is associated with multiple server groups and automatic discovery is enabled only for one server group, then automatic discovery is still enabled for that server.
Discovered Applications
The automatic discovery Commvault task can find the following applications. Some applications also support automatic discovery of database instances.
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Application |
Linux or UNIX servers |
Windows servers |
Automatic database instance discovery |
|---|---|---|---|
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No |
Yes |
Not applicable |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Not applicable |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
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Yes |
Not applicable |
Yes |
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Not applicable |
Yes |
Not applicable |
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Yes |
Yes |
Not applicable |
Caution
Installation of some agents on Windows servers may require a reboot, causing server downtimes. Enable the automatic discovery of applications feature for only those server groups that do not include critical Windows servers.
Manually Configuring Backup and Restore Operations
Some applications do not support automatic discovery of database instances. After the application is automatically installed, you must manually create new pseudoclients, instances, servers, backup sets, or subclients, and then configure them for backup and restore. For more information, see any of the following topics: