Commvault troubleshooting Interview Questions

Commvault troubleshooting Interview Questions

Question
 
Let us know the procedure of troubleshooting?
 
Answer
There is no common procedure for the troubleshooting.. its depends upon the error which we are getting and have to check the respective logs for the same.
 
Question
Could you please let us know the common errors which occurs in the CommVault and remedial dig and drill troubleshooting procedures..
 
Answer
Please find the below link which have all the errors in it http://documentation.commvault.com/hds/release_9_0_0/books_online_1/english_us/error_codes/error_codes.htm
 
Question
 
What all should be troubleshooting for a SAP for oracle agent, unix client SAN backup low throughput issue, where the client itself is the media agent. please suggest
Answer
 
Check the client utilization and also the memory usage & also the commserver utilization status. run the disk backup for same client and check the speed. run the sap backup to SAN directly and check the speed. by using these report you can find the issue easily
 
Question
CommVault multi tier Backup Engine Application. Will it provide a logs for troubleshooting in a separate log folders or everything combined one.
Answer
Log files can be viewed from the following levels in the CommCell Browser:- and also the logs will be avail under the installation path of the commvault CommServe Client MediaAgent
 
Question
What a basic components of commvault. is it suitable for big data
Answer
Commcell server . media agent , client etc are the components. yea it is suitable for the big data because speed is depends upon the network only. commvault is the backup which we can take huge number of backup’s
 
Question
In Commvault is there any utility to check the preformance of the Media Agent or CommServe
Answer
No. we don’t have any utility for the same. If we have any 3rd party tools for monitoring we can pull the report for the same.
 
Question
If a single backup is spanned across the two medias. If one media is damaged or erased, will it helps in restoring the content available in the first media..?
Answer
No. We cant restore the data. because when you try to put restore it will scan both the tapes for the data check. even though if the 1st tape is good and it restored there will be no use of it as restoration wont be sucessful
 
Question
I/O error being a reason for backup failure is due to what. we have faced this issue multiple time in our environment specially for SAP for oracle backup and every time we have started the backup again with a new media and backup is completed successfully. is it really due to media?
 
Answer
 
It may be isuse with the tape library. when you put new media it will run the backup without any issue. if you use the same tape again it will cause the issue. check the TL completely and isolate the issue from TL den go with the media level troubleshooting, put new media and take the backup and use same media again for next day and check it
 
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Will drive rest or drive unmapping and mapping again will work?
Answer
yea it will work but it wont be the permanent solution
 
Question
Currently taking database backup using commvault and automatic script has been written for same, backup is failing with error code 6, how to resolve this issue
Answer
 
DB is not discovered from commvault, configure the db backup manually and check the backup. If its running fine den issue is with the script
 
Question
We are taking VM backup and need to restore complete data store, unable to discover the esxi datastores what can be done to identify this issue
Answer
if you give the correct username & password then surely you can able to see the ESX servers. in that you can able to select the ESX server where you want to restore.
 
Question
 
Is CommVault a SMB application only or can be used at the Enterprise Level as well ?
 
Answer
 
It can be used at enterprise level as well.