Configure Commvault for Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
Once you've installed Commvault, the configuration tasks required to use it include adding necessary hypervisors to manage Oracle Cloud VMware Solution and, optionally, to protect native Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instances and, as necessary, attach Oracle Cloud Infrastructure block stortage, file storage, and object storage as backup repositories.
Generate an API Signing Key on Windows
You must supply an RSA key pair in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format to authenticate with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. You can generate this key pair using OpenSSL in Git Bash. This step assumes you have already installed Git Bash on your local system.
The installation process will create a folder in your filesystem called
commvault_install/Base/certificates/
(where
commvault_install
is the base Commvault installation folder).
Add Hypervisors
To manage Oracle Cloud VMware Solution and, optionally, to protect native Oracle Cloud Infrastructure instances, with Commvault, you need to add them as hypervisors.
Add the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution SDDC as a Hypervisor
Adding the Oracle Cloud VMware Solution SDDC as a hypervisor allows you to manage it with Commvault.
To run this procedure, first, log in to the Commvault Command Center with the credentials you created when installing the product. Then:
Add Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a Hypervisor (Optional)
If you want to manage both Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Cloud VMware Solution from a single pane of glass, you need to also add Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as a hypervisor. Commvault can then backup and recover instances in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Note that this is an optional configuration and is not necessary to deploy Commvault.
Note:
Before you begin, create a subfolder calledexternal
in
//Commvault_intallation/ContentStore/Base/certificates/
and copy the private PEM key you created for this exercise into it; for example,
//Commvault_intallation/ContentStore/Base/certificates/external/MyPEMkey.pem
.
Configure Storage Targets
Commvault lets you attach Oracle Cloud Infrastructure block stortage, file storage, and object storage as backup repositories. This provides you with more economical options than Oracle Cloud VMware Solution's vSAN datastore, while ensuring a durable, scalable, and secure network file system.
If you chose to use the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure storage option, this section describes how to deploy a file system and add it as a backup repository.
Create Block Storage
First, create a block volume in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to the Commvault Server.
Before you begin, ensure you've attached a block volume as paravirtualized to
the compute instance on which Commvault is installed.
Then in that compute instance, run a disk scan for the newly attach block volume,
format the volume, and assign it a drive letter (for example,
D://
).
With a block volume attached, go to the Commvault Command Center and add the disk as a storage target:
Create Resources in File Storage
We recommend creating a separate private subnet to deploy File Storage (file systems and mount targets).
Attach Oracle Cloud Infrastructure File Storage
If you want a more economical means of file storage than Oracle Cloud VMware Solution's vSAN datastore, you can attach an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure volume as file storage.
Attach Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Object Storage
Next, add Oracle Cloud Infrastructure object storage to provide economical storage capacity for low tier or archival storage.
Note:
Before you begin, go to your filesystem and copy the private PEM key you created for this exercise into//Commvault_intallation/ContentStore/Base/certificates/
.