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Administrative Tasks Overview

To help the Commvault® administrator manage servers, several tasks are available to perform on a server:

  • Check Server Connectivity
  • Release a License
  • Delete a Client
  • Client Activity Control
  • Client Update Status

Check Server Connectivity (check readiness)

Connectivity to a server and storage data paths for configured subclients, are checked and reported on at the server level. The Check Readiness command ensures that the CommServe® server can communicate with the server. It also checks data path connectivity to all MediaAgents and paths for storage that are associated with subclients.




To check server readiness

1 - Expand Manage | Click Servers.

2 - Click the actions button of the desired server and select Check readiness.



3 - Once completed, the result is displayed in the Status column.

4 - The Reason column describes reason for readiness failure.


Retiring a Server (Delete)

Retiring a server is a task that removes the server completely from the CommCell® environment. If data still exist for the client, it is not deleted. The client remains in the console in a deconfigured state, allowing the recovery of data.

Retiring a server key points:

  • If no data exist for the client, the client is deleted from the console
  • If data still exist for the client, the client remains in the console in a deconfigured state




To retire a server (delete a server)

1 - Expand Protect | Click File servers.

2 - Click the actions button of the desired server and select Retire.



3 - Type Retire and click the Retire button to confirm retirement of the server.

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Server Activity Control

Data protection and data recovery jobs are enabled or disabled in the server properties view. If activity is disabled, an Enable after a Delay button is displayed. This is used to automatically enable the activity on a specific date and time. Client activity control is useful when a client is offline, since any scheduled operations are, by default, ignored if activity is disabled.




To configure server activity control

1 - Expand Protect | Click File servers.

2 - Click the name of the desired server.



3 - Use the control switches to enable or disable activity.

4 - The enable after delay button allows to re-enable activity after a time period, or a specific time.


Server Update Status

Update status for servers are viewed from the Servers view of the Commvault Command CenterTM.
The current Commvault® software version, service pack level, update status, and operating system platform are displayed for all clients providing summary information on their status.

Update status key points:

  • Installed packages contains:
    • The status of Up-to-Date
    • Needs Updating
    • Ahead of cache
  • The Ahead of cache may appear in situations where updates have been applied to the system prior to their general release
  • Commvault recommends keeping all software up-to-date




To check update status of all servers

1 - Expand Manage | Click Servers.

2 - Select All from the drop-down list.

3 - The update status is displayed.

4 - The software version of each server is also displayed.


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