Simpana 11.x

If you have installed Commvault Web Console on a Windows Core server you may wonder why you cannot reach the tomcat server on this host. You have for sure configured the firewall with the setup and added the exceptions to the windows firewall, but it is still boarded-up.

Reason:

• Commvault has missed to add the tomcat process to the exception list as the executable is not inside Simpana\Base folder.

Solution:

• Add the exception manually by running the command:
  
  Simpana 10.x:
  netsh advfirewall firewall add rule action=allow dir=in program="C:\Program Files\CommVault\Simpana\Apache\bin\tomcat6.exe" name="CommVault_Process_1_tomcat6 / C:\Program Files\CommVault\Simpana\Apache\bin\tomcat6.exe" enable=yes
  
  Simpana 11.x:
  netsh advfirewall firewall add rule action=allow dir=in program="C:\Program Files\Commvault\ContentStore\Apache\bin\tomcat.exe" name="CommVault_Process_1_tomcat / C:\Program Files\Commvault\ContentStore\Apache\bin\tomcat.exe" enable=yes

History:

If you are running Commvault Exchange Mailbox Archiver and Public Folder Archiver you may wonder about Install Outlook Add-In - Administrator that suggest some strange ways to deploy the Outlook Add-in. They require you to run EXE command line tools via Logon scripts in a GPO. A horrible bad idea to deploy software... ! Below is the way how you should deploy it to have full controll about all. Do not follow the documentation of Commvault!

This documentation has been written for Windows x64 and this means Windows 7/8/10. An installation on Windows x86 has not been tested, but can be easily adapted.

First of all there are some pre-requirements for this software to run. These are as follows: