![](/images/new-backgrounds/1146241/14624189x1.webp)
Installing deduplication 45
Uninstalling media server deduplication
NetBackup media server deduplication components and the deduplication storage. The host remains a NetBackup media server.
This process assumes that all backup images that reside on the deduplication disk storage have expired.
Caution: If you uninstall deduplication and valid NetBackup images reside on the deduplication storage, data loss may occur.
Table | Disable media server deduplication |
Disable client deduplication
Delete the storage units that use the disk pool
Delete the disk pool
Remove the clients that deduplicate their own data from the client deduplication list.
See “Disabling deduplication for a client” on page 90.
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I..
See “Deleting a deduplication pool” on page 78.
Stop the services on the storage server
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and Linux, Volume I
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I..
Delete the storage directories | Delete the storage directory and database directory (if you |
| configured a database directory). |
| See the operating system documentation. |
On Windows, delete accounts | On Windows, delete the following: |
and files | ■ The purediskdbuser account. The account is for the |
| |
| deduplication database administration. |
| ■ The purediskdbuser folder. |
| See the operating system documentation. |