Commvault
  • 24 Mar 2022
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Article Summary

Commvault enables data protection, backup and recovery, and information management solutions.

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

  • Devices
  • Users

Parameters

  1. Host Name or IP Address (required) - The hostname or IP address of the Commvault server.
  2. User Name and Password (required) - The credentials for a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets.
    The supplied value can be a CommCell Console user name or an Active Directory (AD) user name / email address.
  3. User Domain (optional, default: empty) - If an Active Directory (AD) user name is supplied in the User Name field, specify the user domain. backslash (\) prefix is not required.
  4. Verify SSL (required, default: False) - Verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
    • If enabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address will be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius. If the SSL certificate can not be validated against the CA database inside of Axonius, the connection will fail with an error.
    • If disabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address will not be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius.
  5. HTTPS Proxy (optional, default: empty) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address.
    • If supplied, Axonius will utilize the proxy when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will connect directly to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address.
  6. HTTPS Proxy User Name (optional, default: empty) - The user name to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
    • If supplied, Axonius will authenticate with this value when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will not perform authentication when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
  7. HTTPS Proxy Password (optional, default: empty) - The password to use when connecting to the value supplied in Host Name or IP Address via the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
    • If supplied, Axonius will authenticate with this value when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
    • If not supplied, Axonius will not perform authentication when connecting to the value supplied in HTTPS Proxy.
  8. For details on the common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.

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Advanced Settings

Note:

Advanced settings can either apply for all connections for this adapter, or you can set different advanced settings and/or different scheduling for a specific connection, refer to ​Advanced Configuration for Adapters

  1. Async chunks in parallel (required, default: 30) - Specify the number of parallel requests all connections for this adapter will send to the Commvault server in parallel at any given point.
  2. Ignore devices without active node (required, default: True) - Select whether to fetch 'virtual' devices. Commvault also backups SaaS applications like Google Drive, that are not actual devices.
    • If enabled, all connections for this adapter will not fetch 'virtual' devices.
    • If disabled, all connections for this adapter will fetch also 'virtual' devices.

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NOTE

For details on general advanced settings under the Adapter Configuration tab, see Adapter Advanced Settings.

APIs

Axonius uses Commvault REST API v11.20.

Required Ports

  • TCP port 443

Required Permissions

The value supplied in User Name should be able to view all the users, laptops and clients in the organization. The role attached to the user should include “browse” and “view” permissions.

Version Matrix

VersionSupportedNotes
Commvault v11Yes

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