The following table describes all of the services required by the different CommCell components.
CommCell Components |
Service Group in the Commvault Process Manager |
Service Name |
Windows Task Manager Processes |
Log File Names |
Description |
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CommServe server, and Client |
Base Services |
Commvault Communications Service (GxCVD) |
CVD.exe Note This process acts as a data writer only while running on a MediaAgent. |
CVD.log CVPerfMgr.log |
Provides the ability to fetch or save metadata on the CommServe server when backup or restore are in progress. Communicates with the SMTP server if an email server is configured. |
CommServe server, MediaAgent and Client |
Base Services |
Commvault Network Daemon (GxFWD) |
Cvfwd.exe |
Cvfwd.log |
Responsible for tunneling Commvault connections across firewalls. |
Domino Mailbox Archiver, File System Agent, File Share Archiver Client, Virtual Server Agent, Web Server |
Base Services |
Commvault Client Manager Service (GxClMgrS) |
ClMgrS.exe |
ClMgrS.log |
Responsible for running and controlling recall jobs and failover operations on clusters. Uses SSL certificate to authenticate connections with clients. For Virtual Server Agents, the service tracks Hyper-V block changes. |
Client Only |
Search Engine |
Commvault Search Engine (GxSearchServer) |
GxSearchServer |
Forwards events generated on the local machine to the CommServe server and Web Server. In addition it helps to content index, search and preview the data. |
|
Client Only |
Compliance Search |
Commvault Tomcat Service (GxTomcat) |
tomcat.exe |
Responsible for communicating with Web Server services and receiving the events from Web Server. |
|
CommServe server Only |
CommServe Services |
Commvault Server Event Manager (GxEvMgrS) |
EvMgrS.exe |
CS_CVMMInst.log EvMgrS.log WorkQueue.log |
Responsible for communicating with the CommCell Console and receives the events from the Clients and/or MediaAgents. Communicates with the SMTP server if an email server is configured. |
CommServe server, Client computer |
CommServe Services |
Commvault Application Manager (GxApM) |
AppMgrSvc.exe |
AppMgrService.log |
Provides access to server and client configurations for local and remote processes. This service is essential for the CommServe server. You can configure a client to run this process for a computer group to offload the service from the CommServe server. |
CommServe server Only |
CommServe Services |
Commvault Job Manager (GxJobMgr) |
JobMgr.exe |
JobManager.log |
Responsible for running and controlling jobs and also communicate with the available resources. |
CommServe server Only |
CommServe Services |
Commvault Media & Library Manager (GXMLM) |
MediaManager.exe |
ArchMgr.log DBTblStats.log MediaManager.log MediaManagerPrune.log |
Responsible for controlling the hardware devices that are part of a CommCell. |
CommServe server Only |
CommServe Services |
Commvault Commands Manager (GxQSDK) |
QSDK.exe |
QSDK.log |
Responsible for servicing command line requests and is therefore essential for command line operations. |
MediaAgent Only |
MediaAgent Services |
Commvault Media Mount Manager (GXMMM) |
CVMountd.exe |
CVMA.log IndexCacheServer.log |
Responsible for interacting with the hardware devices that are attached to the local host and are part of the CommCell. |
MediaAgent Only |
MediaAgent Services |
Commvault Content Extractor (CVContentPreview) |
CVContentPreview.exe |
Responsible for generating previews of data that was backed up. |
|
Web Console and Command Center |
Message Queue |
Commvault Messaging Queue (CVMessageQueue) |
CVMessageQueue.exe |
MessageQueue.log |
Responsible for the push notifications for jobs, events, and alerts. |
File System Agent |
Commvault Client Manager Service |
Commvault Client Manager Service (GXClMgrS) |
ClMgrS.exe |
ClMgrS.log |
Responsible for archiving or recovering the files. |
ContinuousDataReplicator Agents |
CDR Services |
Commvault Replication Service |
CVReplication.exe |
Installed on Clients with ContinuousDataReplicator. Responsible for replicating data from one client computer to another client computer. |
|
VSS Provider Agents |
VSS Provider Service |
Commvault VSS Provider Service (GxVssProv) |
VSS_SWProv_Svc.exe VSS_HWPROV.SCV.exe |
VssSwProvider.log |
Makes use of the Volume Shadow Service feature of the Windows operating system. |
Workflow |
Workflow |
Commvault Workflow Engine (CVJavaWorkflow) |
CVJavaWorkflow(Instance001).exe |
Workflow.log |
Responsible for the Workflow engine. Communicates with the SMTP server if an email server is configured. |
Web Console |
Web Console |
Commvault Tomcat Service (GxTomcatInstance) |
Tomcat.exe |
WebConsole.log |
Responsible for the Apache Tomcat server. |
Client only (non-CommServe virtual machines) |
Not managed by the Process Manager. Cluster Administrator must be used to control this service. |
Commvault Cluster Plugin (GxClusPlugin) |
GxWinClusterPlugin.exe |
GxClusterPlugin.log |
Provides notification regarding whether or not the cluster group goes into an active or passive state. This service is essential for system functionality. |
Web Server computer |
Web Server |
Commvault MongoDB Service(GxMongo) |
mongod.exe |
mongodb.log |
Responsible for storing data that you can access quickly for REST API and notification modules. For more information, see KB article SEC0012. |
On-demand Processes on a MediaAgent
Process Name |
Log File Names |
Description |
---|---|---|
CVJobRepliatorODS.exe |
CVJobReplicatorODS.log |
Responsible for reading source data during auxiliary copy operation and streaming the data to destination MediaAgent. |
AuxCopy.exe |
AuxCopy.log |
Responsible for reading source data during auxiliary copy operation and streaming the data to destination MediaAgent. |
CVODS.exe |
This is an on-demand process that runs on MediaAgents and other clients. Responsible to run services on demand to perform a specific operation, and then goes down after an idle timeout. The CVODS process runs many services (such as CVJobReplicatorODS.exe and AuxCopy.exe) that include the following:
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Services Applicable Only to UNIX
CommCell Components |
Service Group |
Service name |
Log File Name |
Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
MediaAgent and Client |
Base Services |
cvlaunchd |
cvlaunchd.log |
Responsible for spawning Commvault processes. |