Document Outline

• Symantec NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
• Technical Support
• Contents
• 1. Introducing NetBackup deduplication
  • About NetBackup deduplication
    • About NetBackup deduplication options
    • How deduplication works
• 2. Planning your deployment
  • Planning your deduplication deployment
  • About the deduplication storage type
  • About the NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Option
    • About deduplication servers
    • About deduplication nodes
    • About deduplication server requirements
    • About media server deduplication limitations
  • About NetBackup Client Deduplication
    • About client deduplication host requirements
    • About client deduplication requirements
    • About client deduplication limitations
  • About NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
  • About the network interface for deduplication
  • About firewalls and the deduplication hosts
  • About scaling deduplication
  • About compression and encryption
  • About optimized duplication of deduplicated data
    • Optimized deduplication copy requirements
    • Optimized deduplication copy limitations
  • About deduplication performance
    • How file size may affect the deduplication rate
  • Replacing the PureDisk Deduplication Option with Media Server Deduplication on the same host
  • Migrating from PureDisk to the NetBackup Media Server Deduplication option
  • Migrating from another storage type to deduplication
• 3. Provisioning the storage
  • About provisioning the storage
  • About deduplication storage requirements
  • About deduplication storage capacity
  • About the deduplication storage paths
• 4. Installing deduplication
  • About installing deduplication
  • About the deduplication license key
  • Licensing NetBackup deduplication
  • Replacing the deduplication storage server host computer
  • Uninstalling media server deduplication
• 5. Configuring deduplication
  • Configuring deduplication
  • Configuring a deduplication storage server
  • About deduplication pools
  • Configuring a deduplication pool
    • Media server deduplication pool properties
  • Configuring a deduplication storage unit
    • Deduplication storage unit properties
    • Deduplication storage unit recommendations
  • 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
    • pd.conf file settings
  • Reconfiguring the deduplication storage server and storage paths
• 6. Managing deduplication
  • Managing deduplication servers
    • Changing deduplication storage server properties
    • Deleting a deduplication storage server
    • Determining the deduplication storage server state
    • Getting the storage server configuration
    • Editing a storage server configuration file
    • Setting the storage server configuration
    • Deleting a load balancing server configuration file
    • Removing a load balancing server
    • Viewing deduplication storage servers
    • Viewing deduplication storage server attributes
    • Resetting the deduplication registry
  • Managing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
    • Adding NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
    • Changing NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials
    • Deleting credentials from a load balancing server
    • Determining which media servers have deduplication credentials
  • Managing deduplication disk pools
    • Changing deduplication disk pool properties
    • Changing the deduplication pool state
    • Changing the deduplication disk volume state
    • Deleting a deduplication pool
    • Determining the deduplication pool state
    • Determining the deduplication disk volume state
    • Viewing deduplication disk pools
  • Monitoring deduplication activity
    • Monitoring the deduplication rates
    • Viewing disk reports
    • Monitoring deduplication processes
    • Monitoring deduplication logs
  • Monitoring deduplication storage capacity and usage
    • About deduplication capacity and usage reporting
    • About deduplication container files
    • Viewing capacity within deduplication container files
  • Deleting backup images
  • Disabling deduplication for a client
  • About maintenance processing
• 7. Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting installation issues
    • Installation on SUSE Linux fails
  • Troubleshooting configuration issues
    • Cannot configure deduplication storage server
    • The disk pool wizard does not display a volume
  • Troubleshooting operational issues
    • Verify that the server has sufficient memory
    • Backup jobs fail
    • Volume state changes to DOWN when volume is unmounted
    • Errors, delayed response, hangs
  • Viewing disk errors and events
  • Deduplication event codes and messages
• 8. Disaster recovery
  • Preparing for disaster
  • Moving images off-site
  • Recovering from a deduplication storage server disk failure
  • Recovering from a permanent deduplication storage server failure
  • Recovering the storage server after NetBackup catalog recovery
• 9. Deduplication architecture
  • Deduplication server components
  • Media server deduplication process
  • Deduplication client components
  • Deduplication client backup process
  • About deduplication fingerprinting
  • Data removal process
• Index