Commvault End-User Command Line (cvc) Interface Operations for File Systems

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.

Procedure

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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	EnforceUnixUserPermissionsOnRestore
   Category	CommServDB.GxGlobalParam
   Type	Integer
   Value	1

4. 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

5. 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.