Commvault decoder/Cyber recovery
What is Commvault Cleanroom?
An isolated recovery environment, created on demand, where you test cyber recovery, investigate an attack and restore clean systems without touching production. Formerly Cleanroom Recovery.
- Formerly
- Commvault Cloud Cleanroom Recovery
- Came from
- Launched in 2024
- Delivered as
- SaaS, orchestrated in the cloud (originally Microsoft Azure); Commvault now also lists on-premises options
- Licensing
- Not published
What it does
After ransomware, you can't safely restore into the network that was just attacked. Commvault Cleanroom builds a separate, isolated environment in the cloud on demand, restores your systems there from clean backup copies, and lets you check them before anything goes back into production.
The same environment is used for rehearsals. Testing a full cyber recovery in production is rarely possible; testing it in a cleanroom is, and the test gives you a dated record of how long recovery took.
Key facts
- "Factory reset" restores systems from a predefined, validated clean image.
- Works with Threat Scan to find a clean recovery point.
- Supports Active Directory forest recovery and recovery runbooks.
- Commvault's marketing now says Cleanroom; demos and the trial still say Cleanroom Recovery.
How KELYN helps
KELYN designs, runs and rehearses cleanroom recovery with you, so the first time isn't during an attack.
Related
- Commvault AirGapCommvault's managed cloud storage for isolated, immutable backup copies that ransomware in your network can't reach. It was called Air Gap Protect, and before that Metallic Recovery Reserve.
- Threat ScanScans backup data for malware, encrypted files and unusual changes, so you can find the last clean copy before you restore.
- Active Directory and Entra ID recoveryBackup, granular restore and automated forest recovery for Active Directory, Entra ID and, more recently, Okta. Commvault sells it as Backup & Recovery for Active Directory.
- Synthetic RecoveryAfter an attack, it builds one clean recovery point from the clean versions of files across several backups, leaving out the compromised ones. Not the same as a synthetic full backup.
Sources
Checked against Commvault's own pages in November 2026. Commvault renames and updates products often, so its documentation has the final word.
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