Glenn> I have done a few implementations of this now. Glenn> Love the backup, love the HSM.
Great to hear! We're intrigued by the HSM part of it.
Glenn> ONE CAVEAT with the new 7.0 code for the File Share Archiver. Glenn> It has a new feature that uses fpolicy for the stub retrieval Glenn> on the HSM side, and that works VERY well, EXCEPT when your Glenn> user that triggers the recovery is attempting to access a Glenn> stubbed file in a share that is an "auto-home" map. In this Glenn> case the Commvault server tries to put the file in the autohome Glenn> share, which of course doesn't exist for the commvault Glenn> account's context. They know about the problem now, not sure Glenn> how/if they will fix it.
After doing some more research, we find that the F-policy stuff requires that we have CIFS licenses, which is a bummer since we only have one filer with CIFS at this time. I guess we need to factor in the cost of CIFS into our budget.
Now just to be clear here, you're not talking NFS when you talk about the auto-home map are you? We're 95% an NFS shop, and we heavily use NFS based automount for home directories and data directories.
Glenn> If you aren't using AutoHome, this is not an issue and I Glenn> strongly recommend the package. If you are using Autohome, Glenn> you'll have to use the version of the file share archiver that Glenn> requires an .msi to be installed on any client that needs to Glenn> trigger a file recovery. Not the end of the world, but a Glenn> little more cumbersome.
This .msi sounds like you're talking about a Window client, correct? We're only concerned about Linux and Solaris NFS clients right now, and how we'll they'll work with the HSM aspects of CommVault. Or any other HSM solution.
I guess I should have been more explicit in my question, mea culpa.
Thanks, John John Stoffel - Senior Staff Systems Administrator - System LSI Group Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. - http://www.toshiba.com/taec john.stoffel@taec.toshiba.com - 508-486-1087
Glenn> -----Original Message----- Glenn> From: owner-toasters@mathworks.com [mailto:owner-toasters@mathworks.com] Glenn> On Behalf Of John Stoffel Glenn> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:52 PM Glenn> To: toasters@mathworks.com Glenn> Subject: CommVault for backups?
Glenn> Is anyone using CommVault Galaxy for backups of Filers, as well as for Glenn> their HSM (archiving) product? Any horror stories?
Glenn> John