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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Using the NetBackup Deduplication Shell
  4. Managing NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
  5. Managing Open Cloud Storage Daemon
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Managing Open Cloud Storage Daemon

Open Cloud Storage Daemon (ocsd) is a service responsible for interacting with the cloud.

To view the status of OCSD

  1. Open an SSH session to the server.
  2. Run the following command:

    dedupe ocsd status

To stop or start OCSD

  1. Open an SSH session to the server.
  2. Run one of the following commands:

    dedupe ocsd stop

    dedupe ocsd start

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