Eliminate Unnecessary Disk Scans on Windows Clients to Reduce Impacts of Backup, Archive and Resource Management Operations
This feature works with the Windows Journal to capture and track changes written to the Windows file system, and eliminate the need to perform a disk scan process to find file changes. Disk scanning is otherwise required for every backup, archive or resource management job, whether using CommVault software or some other data management software option. Only CommVault provides the Data Classification Enabler option to avoid multiple disk scans. CommVault's Singular approach means that this feature benefits not just one type of data management, but all types that are in use together on the same client system.
Scanning the disk causes a slow-down in other functioning on the client for the duration of the disk scan, and is one of the reasons that backup jobs are performed during off hours.
This feature has a second, distinct use which is to enable the Content Indexing of Windows file system data. This is necessary for keyword searches of that type of data. When used for this purpose, an additional component called the "Online Content Indexer" agent appears in the Unified Console for the client system.
