You can perform file system backup and restore operations by using the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc).
You can perform the following operations:
Log on to a local CommServe computer or a remote CommServe computer where you want to perform the operations.
Add a new subclient.
Modify the content of an existing subclient.
Delete a subclient.
Perform any of the following backup operations:
Full
Incremental
Differential
Synthetic full
Search for a backup set or subclient backup
Browse the backup set or subclient data
Perform any of the following restore operations:
In-place
Out-of-place
Point-in-time
Kill, pause or resume a job
The user running the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) operations must have permission to the /tmp/cvc directory to write to the cvc.log log file.
Note: You can use the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) on UNIX configurations.
Procedure
Set the PYTHONPATH environment variable. On the command line, type the following command:
export PYTHONPATH=<software_install_path>/Base/PythonSDK
where software_install_path is the Commvault software installation directory.
Make sure that you are in the correct directory to run the command. On the command line, type the following command:
cd <software_install_path>/Base
where software_install_path is the Commvault software installation directory.
Add the EnforceUnixUserPermissionsOnRestore additional setting to the CommServe computer, to perform command line (cvc) operations as a non-root user, as shown in the following table:
For instructions about adding an additional setting from the CommCell Console, see Adding an Additional Setting from the CommCell Console.
Property
Value
Name
Category
CommServDB.GxGlobalParam
Type
Integer
Value
1
You can run the Commvault End-User Command Line Interface (cvc) on UNIX configurations.
On UNIX, run the cvc command to run backup and restore operations or the cvrecover command when you only want to run restore operations. On the command line, type the following command:
Backup operations and restore operations
./cvc
Optional: To view documentation for the Python SDK Wrapper, type the following command:
>./cvc
Starting prompt...
>>> help
To learn more, we recommend that you explore the examples or code snippets.