The access node represents the client in the Amazon cloud where the software stores the data dump file.
Hardware Sizing Requirements
Verify that the hardware requirements for the cloud application agent are met. The cloud application agent can be installed on either a physical or a virtual machine.
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Components |
Extra Large |
Large |
Medium |
Small |
Extra Small |
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CPU/RAM 1 |
16 CPU cores, 128 GB RAM (or 16 vCPUs/128 GB) |
12 CPU cores, 64 GB RAM (or 12 vCPUs/64 GB) |
8 CPU cores, 32 GB RAM (or 8 vCPUs/32 GB) |
4 CPU cores, 24 GB RAM (or 4 vCPUs/24 GB) |
2 CPU cores, 16 GB RAM (or 2 vCPUs/16 GB) |
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Front End Terabytes (FET) 2 |
120 TB |
100 TB |
50 TB |
25 TB |
10 TB |
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Assumes the latest generation CPU architecture
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Front-End Terabytes (FET): Size of the data on the client computer that has to be backed up, such as files, databases, and mailboxes.
Required Software
Database Software
You must install the database application software and configure a database instance for the database.
The database version on the access node must be the same version as the Amazon RDS instance version.
Commvault Database Agent and Virtualization Agent
You must install the Commvault Virtualization Agent and Database Agent on the access node.
For enhanced performance, you can optionally install the MediaAgent software on the access node.
Amazon RDS Access
The access node must be able to access the Amazon RDS instance.
Amazon Permissions
Amazon Web Services User Permissions for Backups and Restores
For non-admin users, you must set permissions in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) user policy to enable support for backups and restores of Amazon instances or volumes.
Download the amazon_restricted_role_permissions.json file and use it on the AWS command line to apply all of the required permissions for backups and restores.
Amazon Web Services User Permissions for VM Conversion
For non-admin users, you must set permissions in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) user policy to enable virtual machines to be converted to Amazon instances.
Amazon EC2 Instance
Configure an Amazon EC2 instance that has port 443 as a firewall setting.
Staging Location Permission
If you use Oracle, then the staging location must have read and write permissions.
Additional Oracle Considerations
If you protect Amazon RDS Oracle instances, then you must have an Oracle instance on the access node that is mounted and in open mode. The Oracle software on the access node is needed since Oracle on the Amazon RDS host is only accessible via Oracle operations from an Oracle instance on another server.