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IBM XIV for snapshot storage

Commvault Cloud supports IBM XIV for snapshot storage.

Support

Workloads

The following workloads are supported:

  • Db2

  • Db2 MultiNode

  • Exchange Database

  • Microsoft Hyper-V

  • Microsoft SQL Server

  • MySQL

  • Notes Database

  • Oracle

  • Oracle RAC

  • PostgreSQL

  • SAP for Oracle

  • SAP HANA

  • Sybase

  • Linux file system

  • VMware

  • Windows file system

Version/firmware

  • XIV

  • A9000

  • A9000R

Protocols

  • Fibre channel

  • iSCSI

Required software

  • IBM XCLI 4.3 on client computers and access nodes

  • For models A9000 and A9000R: IBM XCLI 5.1 and 5.0

Snapshot names

IBM XIV Snap consistency group

  • Configuration: With consistency group

  • Naming convention: SP_2_JobID_EpochTime.SourceVolumeName

    • SP_2: Constant value.

    • Job ID: A unique ID assigned to each snapshot backup by the Commvault Cloud software.

    • EpochTime: UNIX timestamp.

    • SourceVolumeName: Primary name of the volume on the storage array.

  • Example: SP_2_15439_1495166895.drvm5_abc_17GB_DP_001

IBM XIV Snap no consistency group

  • Configuration: No consistency group

  • Naming convention: SP_2_JobID_SnapID

    • SP_2: Constant value

    • Job ID: A unique ID assigned to each snapshot backup by the Commvault Cloud software.

    • SMSnapID: The snapshot ID created by the Commvault Cloud software.

  • Example: SP_2_15239_4914

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