58Configuring deduplication Adding a load balancing server

Optimized duplication failover. By default, if an optimized duplication job fails, NetBackup does not run the job again.

Number of optimized duplication attempts. You can specify the number of times NetBackup retries an optimized deduplication job before it fails the jobs.

Storage lifecycle policy retries. If the optimized deduplication job is configured in a storage lifecycle policy, NetBackup retries the job three times.

Caution: These settings affect all optimized duplication jobs, not just optimized deduplication copy jobs.

To configure NetBackup to revert to normal duplication if an optimized job fails

Add the following entry to the bp.conf file on the NetBackup master server:

RESUME_ORIG_DUP_ON_OPT_DUP_FAIL = TRUE

On Windows systems, NetBackup configuration options are in the Windows registry.

To configure the number of duplication attempts

Add an OPT_DUP_BUSY_RETRY_LIMIT entry in the NetBackup behavior file. For example, the following entry configures NetBackup to retry the job four times before NetBackup fails the job:

OPT_DUP_BUSY_RETRY_LIMIT 4

The behavior file resides in the following directories:

UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/db/config/behavior

Windows: install_path\NetBackup\db\config\behavior.

To configure the number of storage lifecycle policy retries

Delay more retries by adding an IMAGE_EXTENDED_RETRY_PERIOD_IN_HOURS entry in the NetBackup behavior file. The default for this value is three hours.

Adding a load balancing server

You can add a load balancing server to an existing media server deduplication node.

See “About deduplication servers” on page 21.

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