--- title: "Backup & Recovery for Databases | CoreRecover | Commvault " type: "WebPage" language: "en-US" url: "https://www.commvault.com/capabilities/database-backup" date: "2023-10-10T16:18:02-04:00" modified: "2026-11-09T20:05:22-05:00" description: "Commvault helps you recover critical databases to a trusted point in time with application-consistent protection. Start your free trial. " image: "https://www.commvault.com/ogimage/fb/4443/" breadcrumbs: - name: "Commvault Home" url: "https://www.commvault.com/" - name: "Capabilities" url: "https://www.commvault.com/capabilities" - name: "Database backup" --- # Database Backup - [Home](/) - Capabilities - Database Backup Core Recover Capability ## Backup & Recovery for Databases Help recover critical databases to a clean, trusted point in time across cloud, hybrid, and enterprise environments. - [Start free trial](/trials/database-backup) - [Explore database workloads](/workloads/databases) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/fullwidth-background-generic-5.jpg) --- - [Benefits](#Benefits) - [Analyst Report](#report) - [Features](#Features) - [Solution](#Solution) - [Databases](#Databases) - [Customer References](#customer) - [FAQs](#FAQs) [Free trial](/trial) --- Key benefits ## Recovery confidence for the databases your business runs on Isolated SaaS control for regulated cloud data protection without giving up SaaS agility. [Explore high risk data](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/high-risk-data) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Disk-Storage.svg) --- ## Restore to the right point in time Recover databases to a clean, trusted point in time so teams can limit data loss, minimize firedrills, and resume operations with greater confidence. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Clean-Room-Recovery.svg) --- ## Protect business-critical database operations Safeguard operational databases across on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments so a single outage, attack, or admin error less likely to stall core business services. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/DR-Backup.svg) --- ## Improve recovery confidence before an incident Move beyond completed backup jobs to a more confirmed recovery posture with visibility, validation, and recovery workflows designed to help teams prove they can recover. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/HTTP-Proxy.svg) --- ## Help manage data security risk during recovery Use immutable and air-gapped protection, where supported, to help preserve clean recovery options when ransomware, compromise, or unwanted changes threaten production data. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Log-Streaming.svg) --- ## Help cut operational complexity Manage database protection through consistent policies and centralized operations instead of stitching together different recovery methods for every platform and environment. ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/AI-agent.svg) --- ## Support modernization while retaining oversight Protect traditional and cloud-hosted databases with recovery options that align to evolving infrastructure, compliance needs, and performance expectations. --- Analyst Report ## Named a Leader 15 Consecutive Times in the Gartner MQ Explore why Commvault was named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Backup and Data Protection. [Access report](https://www.commvault.com/gc/itleaders) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Gartner-MQ-FY27_Web-Thumbnail_888x500.png) --- capability Features ## Database recovery built for operational resilience and data security --- ## [Operational Databases](#tabpanel-e9e99515-511e-478f-8cd5-be6644ecc11b) ## Application-consistent protection for critical databases Commvault helps protect operational databases with application-aware, transaction-consistent recovery so teams can restore more than raw files and return systems to a usable state. [Explore more supported technologies](https://www.commvault.com/supported-technologies) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Workloads_VM-Containers_Safeguard-Virtualized-Envornments_1088x870-300x300-1.png) ## [Point-In-Time Recovery](#tabpanel-e9e99515-511e-478f-8cd5-be6644ecc11b) ## Granular point-in-time recovery across hybrid and cloud environments Recover to the point that best matches the incident, whether the issue is corruption, accidental deletion, bad transactions, or a broader outage affecting cloud-hosted and enterprise databases. [See AWS database support](/supported-technologies/amazon/aws) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SupportedTech-VMWare_Automation-Orchestration_1088x870.png) ## [Immutable Recovery](#tabpanel-e9e99515-511e-478f-8cd5-be6644ecc11b) ## Immutable, policy-driven recovery options with broad operational visibility Use policy-driven protection, centralized oversight, and supported immutable or air-gapped recovery paths to help defend backup data and maintain trusted recovery choices under pressure. [Read more](https://www.commvault.com/news/aws-data-competency-in-relational-databases-category?_gl=1*u8vsjn*_gcl_au*NzIxMTk5NjI3LjE3OTEyMjE5MzMuMTMxMDQ3NTAzMi4xNzkzMTUyODkwLjE3OTMxNTI5NTQuNzA5MDA3MTAyLjE3OTMxNTI4OTAuMTc5MzE1Mjk1NA..*_ga*MTEyNjYyMzA4My4xNzg1OTQ0NjEw*_ga_M2TFPKFW4N*czE3OTM5NzQ5MjgkbzIzMyRnMSR0MTc5Mzk4ODE5NCRqMzUkbDAkaDA.) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/SolutionsPackages_FoundationalProtection_UnifiedManagement_1088x870-1.jpg) --- ## Related to this Capability Commvault Database Recovery works with these solutions and resources to strengthen recovery. --- ai recovery solution ## CoreRecover Unified, validated infrastructure recovery. Reduce fragmentation from separate backup tools with consistent policies and unified management, so teams can reduce operational sprawl, and help validate that the business can recover. [Explore CoreRecover](/solutions/core-recover) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/core-recover-thumbnail-888x500-1.jpg) --- ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Metric-Users.svg) --- ## AWS Data Competency in Relational Databases Commvault Achieves AWS Data Competency in Relational Databases Category [Read announcement](https://www.commvault.com/news/aws-data-competency-in-relational-databases-category) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Integration.svg) --- ## AWS supported technologies Protect critical cloud apps, databases, and AI data lakes with AWS-native solutions that enhance resilience and recoverability in the face of ransomware, bad actors, and operational errors. [View supported tech](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/aws%20) ![](https://www.commvault.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Cloud-Storage.svg) --- ## Cyber resilience for database protection on-premises and in the cloud Explore streamlined, easy-to-use cyber resilience that grants the visibility teams need to minimize risk of data loss for critical applications that depend on a broad range of cloud databases. [Read datasheet](/resources/datasheet/database-backup) --- Simplified AI and cloud database control ## AI-enabled automation, smooth cloud integration, and modernized legacy data management Unified protection for AI, cloud, and legacy databases—automated encryption, layered data security, and intelligent access via SSO and SAML. View related databases: - [SAP](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/sap) - [Oracle](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/oracle) - [SQL Server](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/microsoft-sql) - [PostgreSQL](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/postgre-sql) - [MongoDB](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/mongo-db) - [Cassandra](https://www.commvault.com/workloads/cassandra) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hyperscale-flex-1088x870-1.png) --- Customer evidence ## Proven needs, with story sourcing in progress Database and infrastructure teams consistently prioritize point-in-time recovery, tested recoverability, strong security controls, and low operational overhead. Capability-specific public story quotes and logo rights require confirmation. - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_Adidas_320x160.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_SONY_320x160.png) - ![AstraZeneca logo](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_AstraZeneca_320x160-1.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_Merck_320x160-1.png) - ![ranstad logo](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_Randstad_320x160.png) - ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/CustomerLogo_Panasonic_320x160.png) --- > “With a long retention strategy, our cloud storage costs were accelerating quickly. Commvault Cloud gave us a way to dramatically lower those costs and keep them predictable, while simultaneously providing us with the data resilience needed to keep our business running. ” > > Jacob Gsoedl > > CIO, Power Integrations > “We love the simplicity of the Commvault dashboard. With just a few clicks, we can restore a virtual machine or backups after an attack which is vital in our line of work as a pharmaceutical company with very sensitive data. ” > > Paul Vries > > IT Team Lead, Bilthoven Biologicals --- ## Frequently Asked Questions What is database recovery and how does Commvault help? Database recovery is the process of restoring a database to a clean, trusted point in time after corruption, accidental deletion, infrastructure failure, ransomware, or other disruption. In practice, teams need more than a stored copy. They need application-consistent recovery, point-in-time control, and confidence that restored data can safely support business operations again. Why does point-in-time recovery matter for database backup and recovery? Point-in-time recovery matters because many database incidents are not all-or-nothing failures. Teams may need to restore to the moment just before a bad transaction, configuration change, or malicious action. That helps reduce data loss, limit downtime, and avoid rolling back farther than necessary. Can Commvault support database recovery across cloud, hybrid, and enterprise environments? Yes. Commvault supports database recovery across on-prem, hybrid, and cloud environments. How does Commvault help improve recovery confidence for databases? Commvault helps improve recovery confidence by combining application-aware protection, point-in-time recovery options, policy-driven operations, and security-focused recovery controls. The goal is to help teams move from assuming a backup is usable to having stronger evidence that recovery can work when needed. How does security factor into database recovery? Data security is central to database recovery because teams need confidence that restored data is trustworthy, protected from tampering, and suitable for returning to production. Depending on the environment and configuration, that can include immutable protection, isolated recovery paths, encryption, controlled access, and workflows designed to reduce the chance of reintroducing compromised data. --- Get started ## Protect and recover critical databases with greater confidence See how Commvault can help your team recover business-critical databases to a trusted point in time while strengthening resilience across hybrid and cloud environments. [Start free trial](https://www.commvault.com/trials/database-backup) [Chat now](?q_showExperience=experience-1754504796335) ![](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FooterPromoImagesTech-Guy-2-1.png) ---