The Command Center uses a VM-centric approach for all hypervisors, but some hypervisors use the Indexing V2 feature to back up and recover VMs more efficiently. In Command Center, some job types and some back-end processing behave differently because the software uses Indexing V2. By default, VM-centric operations are enabled for all new hypervisors.
Users who are familiar with CommCell Console entities should consider the following differences in Command Center:
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A virtualization client in the CommCell Console is equivalent to a hypervisor in the Command Center.
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A subclient in the CommCell Console is equivalent to a VM group in the Command Center.
Key Features
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Control operations for individual VMs: back up, restore, and control jobs.
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A backup operation for an individual VM runs as a VM Admin job.
Commvault automatically creates VM child jobs with unique IDs for each VM, and commits VM-specific backup data as each child job finishes.
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Enable/disable activity including backups, restores, and data aging.
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Configure security settings for individual VMs.
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Delete individual VMs from a parent backup job.
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Perform application-aware backups for individual VMs.
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Configure replication for individual VMs from streaming or IntelliSnap backup operations.