Symantec NETBACKUP 7 - Manual (Page 53)

Deduplication storage unit properties
The following are the configuration options for a PureDisk disk pool storage unit.
Table 5-3 Deduplication storage unit properties
Description Property
A unique name for the new storage unit. The name can describe the
type of storage. The storage unit name is the name used to specify a
storage unit for policies and schedules. The storage unit name cannot
be changed after creation. Storage unit name
Select Disk as the storage unit type. Storage unit type
Select PureDisk for the disk type for a media server deduplication
pool, a PureDisk deduplication pool, or a PureDisk Deduplication
Option storage pool. Disk type
Select the disk pool that contains the storage for this storage unit.
All disk pools of the specified Disk type appear in the Disk pool list.
If no disk pools are configured, no disk pools appear in the list.
Disk pool
The Media server setting specifies the NetBackup media servers that
can move data to and from the disk pool for this storage unit. Only
the load balancing servers appear in the media server list.
Specify the media server or servers as follows:
■ To allow any server in the media server list to access the disk
storage (default), select Use any available media server.
■ To restrict the media servers that can access the disk storage, select
Only use the following media servers. Then, select the media
servers to allow.
NetBackup selects the media server to use when the policy runs.
Media server
For normal backups, NetBackup breaks each backup image into
fragments so it does not exceed the maximum file size that the file
system allows. You can enter a value from 20 MBs to 51200 MBs. Maximum
fragment size
53 Configuring deduplication
Configuring a deduplication storage unit