20Planning your deployment
About the NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option
For a backup, the NetBackup client software creates the image of backed up files as for a normal backup. The client sends the backup image to the deduplication storage server, which deduplicates the data. The deduplication storage server writes the data to disk.
See “About deduplication servers” on page 21.
The NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option is integrated into NetBackup. It uses the NetBackup administration interfaces, commands, and processes for configuring and executing backups and for configuring and managing the storage. Deduplication occurs when NetBackup backs up a client to a deduplication storage destination. You do not have to use the separate PureDisk interfaces to configure and use deduplication.
The NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option integrates with NetBackup application agents that are optimized for the client stream format. Agents include but are not limited to Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SharePoint Agents.
