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Recover the control plane for an on-premises cleanroom site

Use the orchestration command line tool from an air-gapped Commvault Grid node to restore the control plane and deploy the cleanroom site. The requirements and orchestration prompts differ depending on whether you're recovering to VMware vSphere or another supported environment.

If an upgrade is required, orchestration upgrades the Commvault software on the recovery CommServe server to match the production environment, using software packages synchronized to the software cache on an HSX node.

  1. Log on to the Commvault Grid node where software cache replication is configured as cvbackupadmin and verify that the ESXi server and all air-gapped Commvault Grid nodes are connected to the same cleanroom recovery VLAN.

  2. From the command line interface of the Commvault Grid node, run the following command:

    cvnode airgap --execute-cleanroom-orchestration

    The tool verifies that all required packages are present on the node.

  3. Enter the vCenter connection details for vSphere host, vSphere user, and vSphere password.

  4. For ESX host and Datastore, enter the ESXi deployment target.

  5. For Network name, enter the cleanroom recovery network.

  6. Enter the recovery CommServe server details for VM hostname, VM guest root password, VM guest non-root username, and VM guest non-root password.

  7. For Recovery CS Commcell (recoverymanager) password, enter the password that you'll use to log on to the recovered CommServe server after orchestration completes.

  8. At the Do you want to configure a static IP address, or use DHCP for the VM? prompt, enter Y to configure a static IP address or N to use DHCP.

  9. At the NFS share host prompt, enter the IP address of the Commvault Grid node that is assigned to the cleanroom recovery network.

    Note

    The IP address must correspond to the node where you're running the orchestration tool.

  10. At the Select DR backup set for CS recovery prompt, select the disaster recovery backup set that the tool restores to the new CommServe server.

After you complete the prompts, the orchestration tool deploys the recovery CommServe server to the cleanroom site and installs a second software instance on all Commvault Grid nodes. The recovered CommServe server operates in read-only mode.

  1. Install the nfs-utils and rsync packages on the VM or physical machine where the recovery CommServe server will be created.

  2. If the hostname of the VM or physical machine isn't resolvable, update its hosts file with the IP address and hostname.

  3. Log on as cvbackupadmin to the Commvault Grid node where software cache replication is configured.

  4. Run the following command:

    cvnode airgap --execute-cleanroom-orchestration

  5. At the Is this a VMware-based recovery? [Y/N]: prompt, enter N.

  6. At the VM IP: prompt, enter the IP address of the VM or physical machine where the recovery CommServe server will be created.

  7. At the VM guest root password: prompt, enter the root password for the VM or physical machine.

  8. At the Recovery CS Commcell (recoverymanager) password: prompt, enter the password for the Commvault recoverymanager user that will be created on the recovery CommServe server.

  9. At the NFS server IP: prompt, enter the interface IP address that can communicate with the recovery CommServe server.

  10. When the list of available disaster recovery backup sets appears, identify the DR SET folder number that you want to use to create the recovery CommServe server.

  11. At the Select DR backup set for CS recovery: prompt, enter the corresponding disaster recovery backup set number.

After you provide the required information, the orchestration tool completes interactive input collection and creates the recovery CommServe server.

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