Features and enhancements that we want to highlight in this release are listed here.
December 13, 2024
Cloud Native Workloads
AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region is now protected
Commvault now supports the protection for supported workloads in the new AWS Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region, also known as ap-southeast-5. Commvault supports deployment to, integration with, and protection of the following AWS services: Amazon Aurora, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS), AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS), AWS Organizations, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), AWS Security Token Service, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), AWS Systems Manager, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), and VM Import/Export. You can get started today by deploying Commvault from the AWS Marketplace.
Restore Performance Improvements for Amazon RDS for MS-SQL
Improved restore performance of Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server with efficient storage helps DBAs minimize downtime and meet strict recovery time objectives (RTO). This feature ensures database recovery operations that complete more quickly and removes the storage requirement on access nodes, thereby reducing the impact on mission-critical applications and enhancing overall system availability.
November 01, 2024
Cloud Native Workloads
Azure Table support in SaaS
You can securely protect and back up your Azure Tables using Commvault Cloud SaaS. This ensures that the data stored in Azure Tables is protected, reducing the risk of data loss or corruption, and providing easy data recovery options.
Snapshot-based protection of Amazon RDS for DB2 instances
Commvault now supports snapshot-based backup and restore of Amazon RDS for DB2 instances, allowing for quick restores in the event of a disaster.
Support for Azure Trusted Launch VMs
Commvault now supports Trusted Launch VMs, adding a robust layer of security to protect your Azure virtual machines. This feature provides peace of mind with the integrity of your VMs during the launch process, safeguarding your critical data.
Common Platform
Appranix is now Cloud Rewind
Appranix has been officially rebranded to Cloud Rewind. The new name embodies Commvault's mission to help businesses seamlessly rewind and recover their complex cloud environments, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency.
New file system agent for macOS
You can now protect macOS devices configured as a file server.
Partner Ecosystem
Integrate with Autotask PSA for MSPs
The Autotask PSA integration allows MSPs to streamline service management by automatically generating tickets from alerts, syncing CRM accounts, managing configuration items, and syncing billing information with ease and accuracy.
In Phase 1, we will enable syncing of accounts and CRM systems. This will improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and ensure seamless data flow between systems, ultimately enhancing the overall experience when MSPs managing their tenants using Commvault.
Integrate with Connectwise PSA - Service Desk and Alerting
This release will expand on our existing ConnectWise integration by enabling ticket creation and alerting. MSPs can generate tickets from Commvault alerts and manage them in their PSA. As a result, MSPs will be able to improve their workflow efficiency and reduce duplication of work across environments.
Recovery Orchestration
Perform on-demand cleanup of recovery target
You can perform on-demand cleanup of recovered workloads and also disable automatic cleanup after Control Plane deletion. This helps you undo or reset the recovery process and ensure that all resources created during the recovery process are removed.
September 06, 2024
Cloud Native Workloads
Azure Express Configuration
Now, you can simplify the onboarding process for configuring an Azure virtual machine workload. Sign into your Azure billing account using the Express Configuration wizard and automatically complete all necessary provisioning steps. This seamless experience helps reduce configuration errors and frustration with performing configuration steps in multiple portals.
Commvault Cloud with Premium Microsoft 365 Backup Storage
Microsoft 365 Backup Storage delivers a high-speed, snapshot-like, in-place backup that addresses mass recovery scenarios, such as ransomware. Now live, this solution integrates with Commvault's traditional GRAPH API-based M365 backup to provide a seamless experience.
Support for Microsoft Planner in Teams
Microsoft Planner is supported in Teams, allowing you to manage your tasks, collaborate with team members, and stay organized all within the Teams interface. Commvault Cloud can back up the Planner tab within the Teams interface alongside Team data with this update.
Common Platform
Appranix Integration with Commvault Cloud
Appranix has been integrated with Commvault Cloud to provide you with a seamless and efficient data management experience. This integration allows you to easily back up, restore, and protect data using Commvault's powerful capabilities while leveraging Appranix's next-generation cloud-native rebuild capabilities to reduce the time to rebuild and recover your cloud environments from days or weeks to hours or minutes.
Integration available in US & Canada. Additional regions coming soon
Back Up Azure Blob and Azure Files Using Backup Gateways
Deploy your own backup gateway to protect Azure Blob, ADLS, and Azure Files in cases where Commvault Cloud SaaS infrastructure is not available or cannot be used. This provides you with the flexibility to control your data plane and use private endpoints or support additional regions.
Self-Service Azure Network Firewall Configuration for Azure Workloads
Commvault Cloud now provides support for whitelisting specific Azure Virtual Networks (VNets) for Azure workloads and Azure Bring Your Own Storage (BYOS) through the Enable access to the VNet firewall rule option. When this option is enabled, users can obtain Vnet information for whitelisting and skip opening ticket with Commvault support.
Single VM SKU to Replace Tiered VM SKUs
The previous tiered Commvault Cloud SaaS VM SKUs have been replaced with one that includes all capabilities, such as file systems and databases. This change simplifies the purchasing process, eliminates the need for sizing exercises, and prevents confusion about the expected behavior of different tiers.
Partner Ecosystem
Business Dashboard for MSP Portal
The enhanced MSP Portal now provides an intuitive dashboard with key usage and cost data. Users will benefit from a single glance view of detailed cost, usage information, and insightful growth trends for managed accounts, elevating business operation monitoring capabilities.
ConnectWise PSA Integration for MSPs [Available early October]
The ConnectWise PSA integration includes basic CRM functions, including account creation and account sync between Connectwise PSA and the Commvault MSP Portal.
MSP Monitoring Dashboards [Late September Release]
The first phase of the technical monitoring dashboard offers MSPs the ability to view their customers within the Command Center in aggregated viewpoints. This helps prioritize clients and make informed decisions on which clients need attention. In addition to the summary views, MSPs can view data from tenant-centric viewpoints.
MSP Portal Tenant Account Data Deletion
MSP Portal Tenant Account Data Deletion allows Managed Service Providers to seamlessly delete customer accounts without having to contact Customer Support, improving the overall customer experience and reducing compliance risks.
Recovery Orchestration
Commvault Cleanroom Recovery Integration with Palo Alto XSOAR [Available late September]
Commvault Cleanroom Recovery with Palo Alto XSOAR solution allows you to manage recovery groups and automate response and recovery actions seamlessly. You can create recovery groups, add workloads to groups, set recovery points, and change recovery targets, all within XSOAR. Additionally, anomalies detected in the Cleanroom recovery solution trigger events in XSOAR, enhancing overall security response and incident management. Coming late September.
Repave VMs Using “Golden Image”
Cleanroom Recovery of VMs using a Golden Image enables you to use templates (both public marketplace and private custom templates) to create the Azure VM in the cleanroom before restoring data to the VM. This simplifies and accelerates the recovery process and allows you to recover applications from cyberattacks to a known good state.
Support for Nutanix AHV Source VMs
Nutanix AHV VMs are supported for recovery in Cleanroom Recovery. They are automatically converted and recovered into the designated cleanroom target.
SaaS Applications and Active Directory
Deprecation of Wiki support in Teams
For existing tenants who previously have backed up Wiki within Teams, you can restore the Wiki in HTML format within the Files tab of the same team or a different team.
Restore Mailboxes and OneDrive Users using Active Directory Groups
M365 Restore by Active Directory Group allows you to restore the most recent data set for many users as a group. This feature streamlines the restoration process by providing a mechanism for logical groupings of users to be restored together
July 19, 2024
Cloud Native Workloads
Support for Google Cloud Platform Key Management Service
Commvault Cloud now supports GCP Key Management Service (KMS), allowing users to protect their encryption keys with GCP KMS before storing them in the CommServe database, ensuring enhanced data security and control.
Throughput Enhancements for Azure VM Restores
Enhancements to Azure VM restores include faster data retrieval with ReadAhead, integration with Azure Stack, better error handling and retries, and an increased cache size for improved performance. Additionally, excessive logging has been turned off, and a performance summary is now provided after each backup/restore job.
On Prem Protection
VMware Region-based Backups in vSphere Environment
Region-based backups for your VMware hypervisor can now be performed easily using an access node within the same region as your vSphere environment. This feature provides a more efficient and optimized backup process, enhances data security, and reduces transfer time for faster data recovery.
Recovery Orchestration
Cleanroom Recovery for Commvault Cloud SaaS
Commvault has launched Cleanroom Recovery for Commvault Cloud SaaS, allowing users to manage cyber recovery through the SaaS control plane. With dynamic resource adjustments for efficient restoration, receive consistent functionality across software and SaaS offerings. Cleanroom Recovery supports multi-tenancy and can be accessed via APIs for task automation and integration with other systems.
Single Domain Controller Active Directory Recovery in Cleanroom Recovery
Users can include a single domain controller in the Cleanroom recovery group to streamline the recovery process and integrate Active Directory seamlessly. This allows for the seamless recovery of Active Directory alongside other workloads into a Cleanroom target for the recovery of directory services
SaaS Applications and Active Directory
Guided Restore Wizard for M365
Users now have an easy and interactive process for selecting options for in or out of place restores, restoring individual items or groups, and more. This wizard-based process improves the overall experience, providing a seamless way to configure backups and restore data.
Raise Visibility of Group Policy Objects to Simplify Active Directory Restore
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are stored partially in SYSVOL files and partially in Active Directory. They can be difficult to restore in the directory without knowing exactly where they are located. This feature simplifies the restoration of GPOs by improving their accessibility, allowing users to locate and restore them quickly and easily.
Security
Use Machine Learning to Detect Suspicious Extension Changes
Use machine learning algorithms and historical behaviors to detect suspicious file extension changes occurring within backups. This provides timely, accurate alerts of changes that could indicate threat activity, which may impact your ability to recover clean data. Anomalies are shown on the Threat Indicators dashboard and can be scanned with Threat Scan for deeper analysis, or data can be recovered to a pre-anomalous clean state. This capability enhances Commvault's overall anomaly and threat detection and helps organizations secure their data faster to remain resilient to attack.
Storage Solutions
Default Compliance Lock on all Air Gap Protect Storage Pools
The Compliance Lock feature is introduced for all Air Gap Protect (AGP) storage pools to provide enhanced data protection by enabling a security lock on new and existing AGP Storage pools. Users can benefit from self-service support for resetting locks, which is equipped with a 24-hour auto re-enable functionality, promoting better cyber resilience.