Supported Versions
11 SP 32.35

Application Version and Upgrade Details

Application VersionBug fixes / Enhancements
1.0.1Support added to discover the hidden clients discovery.
1.0.0Initial support for commvault application.

Introduction

Commvault is a highly demanding data protection solution offered for medium and large enterprises. It has an customizable online user interface to handle our disaster recovery and data protection efforts. Through default streamlined procedures and configuration values, it reduces the time of regular data recovery and protection tasks. Through the command center of Commvault, we can identify the content that we want to secure and begin and control the restores and backups.

Key Benefits

  • Provides resource visibility to the administrator to view and manage resources available (Ex: Clients) under different resource types.
  • Publishes relationships between resources to have a topological view and ease of maintenance.
  • Provides metrics related to Job Performance and Status.
  • Concern alerts will be generated for each metric to notify the administrator regarding the issue with the resource.

Prerequisites

  • OpsRamp Classic Gateway 15.0.0 or above.
  • OpsRamp NextGen Gateway 15.0.0 or above.
    Note: OpsRamp recommends using the latest Gateway version for full coverage of recent bug fixes, enhancements, etc.
  • To access commvault Rest API credentials with master permissions are required.

Resource Hierarchy

CommServer
         → Client

Supported Metrics

The following tabs represent the Native types of Commvault

Tabbed Interface with Table
CommServer
Client
Metric NameDisplay NameMetric CategoryUnitApplication VersionDescription
commvault_server_ApiStatisticsCommvault Server API Statisticscount1.0.0Returns number of API calls made for each monitoring poll for each native type.
commvault_server_LicenseExpiryDaysRemainCommvault Server License Expire Days RemainDays1.0.0Returns number of Days remained for the license expiry of commvault.
commvault_storage_disk_StatusCommvault Storage Disk Status1.0.0Return the status of the storage disk. Possible states are OFFLINE(0), ONLINE(1) and OTHER(2)
commvault_storage_disk_CapacityCommvault Storage Disk CapacityGB1.0.0Returns the capacity of the storage disk.
commvault_storage_disk_FreeSpaceCommvault Storage Disk FreeSpaceGB1.0.0Returns the freespace on the storage disk.
commvault_storage_disk_UtilizationCommvault Storage Disk Utilization%1.0.0Returns the utilization of the storage disk.
Metric NameDisplay NameMetric CategoryUnitApplication VersionDescription
commvault_job_StatusCommvault Job StatusAvailability1.0.0The status of the job.Possible values are Running(0), Waiting(1), Pending(2), Suspend(3), Suspended(4), Kill Pending(5), Interrupt Pending(6), Interrupted(7), Queued(8), Running (cannot be verified)(9), Abnormal Terminated Cleanup(10), Completed(11), Completed w/ one or more errors(12), Completed w/ one or more warnings(13), Completed(14), Committed(15), Failed(16), Failed to Start(17), Killed(18).
commvault_job_FailedFoldersCommvault Job Failed Folders CountPerformancecount1.0.0The total number of folders that failed during the job.
commvault_job_FailedFilesCommvault Job Failed Files CountPerformancecount1.0.0The total number of files that failed during the job.
commvault_job_MediaDiskSizeCommvault Job Media Disk SizeUsageBytes1.0.0Size of the data stored on the media. This is the size of the data after deduplication and compression, if employed. This amount also includes metadata information, so in some cases, it could be larger than the actual size of the backed up data.
commvault_job_PercentageSavingsCommvault Job Percentage SavingsPerformance%1.0.0The percentage of space saved due to deduplication and compression, if employed.
commvault_job_CurrentThroughputCommvault Job Current ThroughPut1.0.0Commvault Job Current ThroughPut.
commvault_job_TotalFilesCommvault Job Total Files CountPerformancecount1.0.0The total number of files processed during the job.
commvault_job_PercentageCompleteCommvault Job Percentage CompletePerformance%1.0.0The progress of the job shown as a percentage.
commvault_job_AverageThroughputCommvault Job Average ThroughPut1.0.0Commvault Job Average ThroughPut.
commvault_job_DaysSinceLastUpdateCommvault Job Last Updated TimePerformance1.0.0The date and time the job was last updated.
commvault_job_ElapsedTimeCommvault Job Elapsed TimePerformances1.0.0The time in seconds that the job ran.
commvault_client_JobResultsRetentionDaysCommvault Job Result Retention DaysDays1.0.0Commvault Job Result Retention Days
commvault_client_IsExcludedFromSLACommvault Client IsExcludedFromSLA1.0.0Returns true if a client is excluded from SLA otherwise false.
commvault_client_SLACopyFallenBehindDaysCommvault Job SLA Copy Fallen Behind DaysDays1.0.0Commvault Job SLA Copy Fallen Behind Days.

Default Monitoring Configurations

Commvault has default Global Device Management Policies, Global Templates, Global Monitors and Global Metrics in OpsRamp. You can customize these default monitoring configurations as per your business requirement by cloning respective Global Templates and Global Device Management Policies. It is recommended to clone them before installing the application to avoid noise alerts and data.

  1. Default Global Device Management Policies

    You can find the Device Management Policy for each Native Type at Setup > Resources > Device Management Policies. Search with suggested names in global scope:

    {appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: commvault Client - 1 (i.e, appName = commvault, nativeType = Client, version = 1)

  2. Default Global Templates

    You can find the Global Templates for each Native Type at Setup > Monitoring > Templates. Search with suggested names in global scope. Each template adheres to the following naming convention:

    {appName nativeType 'Template' - version}

    Ex: commvault Client Template - 1 (i.e, appName = commvault, nativeType = Client, version = 1)

  3. Default Global Monitors

    You can find the Global Monitors for each Native Type at Setup > Monitoring > Monitors. Search with suggested names in global scope. Each Monitors adheres to the following naming convention:

    {monitorKey appName nativeType - version}

    Ex: Client Monitor commvault Client 1(i.e, monitorKey = Client , appName = commvault, nativeType = Client , version = 1)

Configure and Install the Commvault Integration

  1. To select your client, navigate to All Clients, and click the Client/Partner dropdown menu.
    Note: You may either type your client’s name in the search bar or select your client from the list.
  2. Navigate to Setup > Account. The Account Details screen is displayed.
  3. Click Integrations. The Installed Integrations screen is displayed with all the installed applications.
    Note: If you do not have any installed applications, you will be navigated to the Available Integrations and Apps page with all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
  4. Click + ADD on the Installed Integrations page.
    Note: Search for the integration either by entering the name of the integration in the search bar or by selecting the category of the integration from the All Categories dropdown list.
  5. Click ADD in the Commvault application.
  6. In the Configuration screen, click + ADD. The Add Configuration screen appears.
  7. Enter the following BASIC INFORMATION:
Field NameDescriptionField Type
NameEnter the name for the configuration.String
IP Address/ Host NameEnter the IP address/host name of the Commvault. It should be accessible from Gateway.String
Is SecureSelect this checkbox if you want the communication between your system and the specified endpoint to be secured using protocols such as HTTPS (HTTP over SSL/TLS).
Default Selection: When selected, it signifies that the connection is encrypted, providing an added layer of security to the data being transmitted.
Checkbox
PortEnter the port number to communicate with OpsRamp's endpoints. It should be accessible from Gateway.
Default Value: 8080
Integer
DomainEnter the commvault domain information.String
Commvault BackupServer CredentialSelect the credential associated with your Commvault account. If you want to use the existing credentials, select them from the Select Credentials dropdown. Else, click + Add to create credentials. The ADD CREDENTIAL window is displayed. Enter the following information.
  • Name: Credential name.
  • Description: Brief description of the credential.
  • User Name: User name.
  • Password: Password.
  • Confirm Password: Confirm password
Dropdown
App Failure NotificationsWhen selected, you will be notified in case of an application failure such as Connectivity Exception, Authentication Exception.Checkbox
  1. CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES: Custom attributes are the user-defined data fields or properties that can be added to the preexisting attributes to configure the integration.
Field NameDescriptionField Type
Custom AttributeSelect the custom attribute from the dropdown. You can add attributes by clicking the Add icon (+).Dropdown
ValueSelect the value from the dropdown.Dropdown

Note: The custom attribute that you add here will be assigned to all the resources that are created by the integration. You can add a maximum of five custom attributes (key and value pair).

  1. In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
  2. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select recurrence pattern to add one of the following patterns:
    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
  3. Click ADD.

Now the configuration is saved and displayed on the configurations page after you save it.
Note: From the same page, you may Edit and Remove the created configuration.
12. Under the ADVANCED SETTINGS, Select the Bypass Resource Reconciliation option, if you wish to bypass resource reconciliation when encountering the same resources discovered by multiple applications.
Note: If two different applications provide identical discovery attributes, two separate resources will be generated with those respective attributes from the individual discoveries.
13. Click NEXT.
14. (Optional) Click +ADD to create a new collector. You can either use the pre-populated name or give the name to your collector.
15. Select an existing registered profile.

  1. Click FINISH.
    The integration is installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATION page. Use the search field to find the installed integration.

Modify the Configuration

View the Commvault Details

To discover resources for Commvault Storage:

  1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Search > Backup and Recovery > Commvault. The Commvault page is displayed.
  2. Select the application on the Commvault page
  3. The RESOURCE page appears from the right.
  4. Click the ellipsis (…) on the top right and select View Details.
  1. Navigate to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details.

View resource metrics

To confirm Commvault monitoring, review the following:

  • Metric graphs: A graph is plotted for each metric that is enabled in the configuration.
  • Alerts: Alerts are generated for metrics that are configured as defined for integration.
  1. Click the Metrics tab to view the metric details for Commvault.

Supported Alert Custom Macros

Customize the alert subject and description with the following macros so that it can generate alerts accordingly.
Supported macros keys:

Click here to view the alert subject and description with macros

                                ${resource.name}

                                ${resource.ip}

                                ${resource.mac}

                                ${resource.aliasname}

                                ${resource.os}

                                ${resource.type}

                                ${resource.dnsname}

                                ${resource.alternateip}

                                ${resource.make}

                                ${resource.model}

                                ${resource.serialnumber}

                                ${resource.systemId}

                                ${parent.resource.name}

                                ${Custom attributes on the resource}

Resource Filter Input keys

Commvault application Resources are filtered and discovered based on below keys.

Note: You can filter the resources with the discoverable keys only.

Click here to view the Supported Input Keys
Resource TypeKeys
All TypesCommServer
ClientClientId
All TypesresourceName
hostName
aliasName
dnsName
ipAddress
macAddress
os
make
model
serialNumber
Cvd Port
Evmgrc Port
ISCSI Port

Risks, Limitations and Assumptions

  • The integration can manage critical/recovery failure alerts for the following two scenarios when the user activates App Failure Notifications in the settings:
    • Connectivity Exception
    • Authentication Exception
  • Commuvault will not send any duplicate/repeat failure alert notification until the already existing critical alert is recovered.
  • Using metrics for monitoring the resources and generating alerts when the threshold values are breached.
  • Commvault cannot control monitoring pause/resume actions based on above alerts.
  • Commvault is not compatible with cluster gateway.
  • Displaying job information as metrics on each client. So the instance of job related metrics is in the format appTypeName_instanceName_jobId.
  • In commvault if a job is completed or failed due to any reason then for the next scheduled time a new job will be created with new jobid, hence the generated alert from OpsRamp will not be healed automatically.
  • Port 8080 should be open for rest API execution.