Symantec NETBACKUP 7 - Manual (Page 25)

Figure 2-2 NetBackup client deduplication
PureDisk
Plug-in
NetBackup
deduplication
client
NetBackup
PureDisk
Deduplication
Engine
PureDisk
Plug-in
PureDisk
deduplication pool
Media server
deduplication pool
PureDisk
Plug-in
NetBackup
deduplication
client
PureDisk
Plug-in
NetBackup
deduplication
client
Deduplication storage
server
More detailed information is available.
See “Deduplication client components” on page 114.
See “Deduplication client backup process” on page 114.
About client deduplication host requirements
The operating system must be a supported 64-bit operating system.
For supported systems, see the NetBackup Release Notes.
About client deduplication requirements
All hosts that are used for client deduplication must be NetBackup 7.0 or later.
A media server deduplication pool or a PureDisk deduplication pool must be
configured. Storage units must be configured for the deduplication pool.
25 Planning your deployment
About NetBackup Client Deduplication