Adding a Cassandra Cluster

You can add a Cassandra cluster.

Procedure

From the navigation pane, go to Protect > Big data.

The Big data page appears.
Click Add cluster.

The Configure Big Data App page appears.
Select Cassandra, and then click NEXT.

The Configure Cassandra Cluster page appears.
Select an existing plan or create a new server plan.
Click Next.

The Add Cassandra Cluster page appears.
In the Name box, enter a name for the cluster.
From the Gateway node list, select the Cassandra node that you want the Commvault software to connect to.
In the Cassandra configuration file path box, type or browse the path to the Cassandra configuration file.
In the CQL port box, type the port number used for CQL connections.
In the JMX port box, type the port number used for JMX connections.

Note

You can enable authentications only if they are enabled on the cluster.
Click NEXT.

The Authentication settings page appears.
To authenticate using CQL, enter the following details:
1. In the Username box, enter the username for CQL shell.
2. In the Password box, enter the password for CQL shell user.
To authenticate using JMX, enter the following details:
1. In the Username box, enter the username for Cassandra JMX.
2. In the Password box, enter the password for Cassandra JMX user.
To authenticate using SSL, enter the following details:
1. In the Keystore box, enter the path to the keystore file, including the filename.
  
  For example, /etc/dse/cassandra/client.keystore
2. In the Keystore password box, enter the password for the keystore.
3. In the Truststore box, enter the path to the truststore file, including the filename.
  
  For example, /etc/dse/cassandra/client.truststore.
4. In the Truststore password box, enter the password for the truststore.
  
  Note
  
  The path and the password for keystore and truststore must be the same on all Cassandra nodes.
Click NEXT.
The Summary page appears, where you can see the Cassandra configuration details.
Click FINISH.