Configuring deduplication | Symantec 7 specification

Chapter 5

Configuring deduplication

This chapter includes the following topics:

■Configuring deduplication

■Configuring a deduplication storage server

■About deduplication pools

■Configuring a deduplication pool

■Configuring a deduplication storage unit

■Enabling client deduplication

■Configuring backups

■Configuring optimized deduplication copy

■Configuring optimized deduplication copy behavior

■Adding a load balancing server

■About the deduplication configuration file

■Editing the deduplication configuration file

■Reconfiguring the deduplication storage server and storage paths

Configuring deduplication

This guide describes how to configure deduplication in NetBackup.

Table 5-1describes the configuration tasks.

The NetBackup administrator's guides describe how to configure a base NetBackup environment.

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Contents

Symantec NetBackup Deduplication Guide Legal Notice Symantec NetBackup Deduplication Guide Symantec Corporation Ellis Street Mountain View, CA Contacting Technical Support Technical Support Licensing and registration Maintenance agreement resources Contents Paths Chapter Preparing for disaster Disaster recoveryRecovering from a deduplication storage server disk failure Deduplication client backup process This chapter includes the following topics About NetBackup deduplication About NetBackup deduplication options Type Description NetBackup deduplication options How deduplication works See the NetBackup PureDisk Getting Started Guide See Media server deduplication process on Page Planning your deduplication deployment Planning your deployment Deployment overview Deployment task Where to find the information About the deduplication storage type About the NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option See About deduplication servers on About deduplication servers NetBackup media server deduplication Host Description About deduplication nodes About media server deduplication limitations About deduplication server requirements See the NetBackup PureDisk Deduplication Option Pddo Guide About NetBackup Client Deduplication About client deduplication requirements NetBackup client deduplicationAbout client deduplication host requirements About client deduplication limitations About NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials About scaling deduplication About the network interface for deduplicationAbout firewalls and the deduplication hosts Optimized deduplication copy requirements About compression and encryptionAbout optimized duplication of deduplicated data Page Page Optimized deduplication copy limitations When About deduplication performance How file size may affect the deduplication rate When Description Volume Task Procedure Migrating from another storage type to deduplication To migrate from PureDisk to NetBackup deduplication See the NetBackup Administrators Guide for Unix and Linux About deduplication storage requirements About provisioning the storage About the deduplication storage paths About deduplication storage capacityPage Page About installing deduplication Installing deduplication Replacing the deduplication storage server host computer Licensing NetBackup deduplicationAbout the deduplication license key See Deleting credentials from a load balancing server on See Adding a load balancing server on Uninstalling media server deduplication Purediskdbuser folder Opt/pdshared Disable media server deduplication Configuring deduplication Configuring deduplication Deduplication configuration tasks Configuring a deduplication storage server Load balancing servers, if any About deduplication poolsStorage paths Network interface Media server deduplication pool properties Configuring a deduplication pool Property Description Disk volume Per volume Configuring a deduplication storage unit Disk type Deduplication storage unit properties Increase the Maximum concurrent jobs gradually Deduplication storage unit recommendations Throttle traffic to the media servers Enabling client deduplication Configuring backups You can configure optimized copy of deduplicated backups Configuring optimized deduplication copyConfiguring optimized deduplication copy behavior Behavior file resides in the following directories To configure the number of storage lifecycle policy retriesAdding a load balancing server Management Credentials Storage Server Editing the deduplication configuration file About the deduplication configuration file Debuglog Pd.conf file settings Optduptimeout Setting Default value Possible values Action Maximgmbsize See Resetting the deduplication registry on Managing deduplication servers Managing deduplication Changing deduplication storage server properties Change the value Click OK Deleting a deduplication storage serverDetermining the deduplication storage server state Following is example output Getting the storage server configurationEditing a storage server configuration file See Getting the storage server configuration on Removing a load balancing server Setting the storage server configurationDeleting a load balancing server configuration file Alternative, the file may be an edited configuration file To remove a media server from a deduplication node Viewing deduplication storage server attributes Viewing deduplication storage servers Procedure differs on Unix and on Windows Resetting the deduplication registry You can manage existing credentials in NetBackup Managing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentialsAdding NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials For sshostname, use the name of the storage server Changing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentialsDeleting credentials from a load balancing server Select the storage server, then select Edit Change Managing deduplication disk poolsChanging deduplication disk pool properties Changing the deduplication pool state Changing the deduplication disk volume stateDisk volume state is UP or Down Disk pool state is UP or Down Deleting a deduplication poolDetermining the deduplication pool state State is either UP or Down State is either UP or DOWN. The following is example output Determining the deduplication disk volume stateViewing deduplication disk pools To determine disk pool state You can monitor deduplication activity Monitoring deduplication activityMonitoring the deduplication rates 1describes the disk reports available Viewing disk reportsMany factors affect deduplication performance Report Description Disk reports Monitoring deduplication logs Monitoring deduplication processes Log files are in the /storagepath/log/spad directory NetBackup Deduplication Manager logs For bpbrm Save the file Run the following command About VxUL logs About deduplication capacity and usage reporting Monitoring deduplication storage capacity and usage Credentials Storage Servers Option Description Viewing capacity within deduplication container files About deduplication container files Disabling deduplication for a client Deleting backup imagesAbout maintenance processing Following are background maintenance processes NetBackup Deduplication Engine queue processing Managing deduplication About maintenance processing Installation on Suse Linux fails Troubleshooting installation issues Select one of the following options Troubleshooting configuration issuesCannot configure deduplication storage server Verify that the server has sufficient memory Troubleshooting operational issuesDisk pool wizard does not display a volume Volume state changes to Down when volume is unmounted Backup jobs fail Deduplication event codes and messages Viewing disk errors and eventsErrors, delayed response, hangs 1002 Event # NetBackup Message example Severity Task session start request on server An unexpected signal Usage of one or more system Troubleshooting Deduplication event codes and messages Moving images off-site Preparing for disaster See About the deduplication license key on Recovering from a deduplication storage server disk failure See the NetBackup Troubleshooting Guide Information about recovering the master server is available Process to recover from a permanent media server failure Process to recover from a permanent media server failure Page Deduplication server components 1is a diagram of the storage server components Separates the file’s metadata from the file’s content Component Description Media server deduplication process Bptm process moves the data to the PureDisk plug-in Deduplication to a PureDisk storage pool Deduplication client components Deduplication client backup process Deduplication client backup process Deduplication client backup to a PureDisk storage pool About deduplication fingerprinting Data removal process Index Page