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Linux Proxy Support for the VSA with VMware

You can deploy a Linux machine to serve as a Virtual Server Agent access node for backups and restores of VMware VMs.

Considerations

  • To enable discovery of applications running on Windows VMs when using a Linux proxy, install the File System Core package on the guest VMs before running an application-aware backup.

  • A Linux access node for VMware can be used for IntelliSnap backups and restores with the following storage arrays:

    • Cisco HyperFlex

    • Dell EMC Compellent (DSM)

    • Dell EMC PowerMAX/VMAX3/VMAX

    • Dell PowerStore

    • Dell EMC XtremIO

    • Hitachi Vantara using one of the following snapshot engines:

      • Hitachi Shadow Image (CCI)

      • Hitachi Thin Image (CCI)

      • Hitachi Targetless Snap (CCI)

    • HPE 3PAR StoreServ

    • HPE Nimble Storage

    • IBM FlashSystem

    • INFINIDAT

    • NetApp

    • NetApp SolidFire

    • Pure Storage FlashArray

    • Virtual Server Agent Snap (software snapshot engine)

  • Linux access node support for VMware is enabled by default for the Commvault HyperScale Appliance. For the HyperScale Appliance, you do not need to enable support or configure a Linux access node.

  • Linux proxies get VM used space information from the vCenter, which might report a greater amount of used space than is actually used on NTFS volumes. This behavior can increase the guest size calculation that is used for capacity licensing. To avoid this issue, use Windows proxies for backups.

Procedure

  1. Download the Access Node and MediaAgent package from the Commvault Store.

    This package provides an OVA template that is pre-configured with the Virtual Server Agent, MediaAgent, and uses the Mono framework.

  2. Deploy the OVA template and configure the Linux access node.

    For more information, see Deploying a Linux Access Node for VMware Using vCenter.

  3. Perform a remote install of all currently available Commvault service pack hot fixes on the Linux machine.

Known Issues

  • You cannot use a Linux proxy for virtual lab configuration using a gateway template.

  • For backups, Linux proxies do not support metadata collection using the Collect File Details option. For guest file restores, you can use live browse to view and recover files.

    Backups that are performed using Windows proxies do support metadata collection using the Collect File Details option.

Deploying a RHEL Machine as a VSA Proxy

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