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.