Step 1

Ensure that no deduplication activity occurs

Deactivate all backup policies that use deduplication storage.

See theNetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Step 2

Expire the backup images

Expire all backup images that reside on the deduplication disk storage.

See theNetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Step 3

Delete the storage units that use the disk pool

See theNetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.

Step 4

Delete the disk pool

See Deleting a Media Server Deduplication Pool.

Step 5

Delete the deduplication storage server

See Deleting an MSDP storage server.

Step 6

Delete the configuration

Delete the deduplication configuration.

See Deleting the MSDP storage server configuration.

Step 7

Delete the deduplication host configuration file

Each load balancing server contains a deduplication host configuration file. If you use load balancing servers, delete the deduplication host configuration file from those servers.

See Deleting an MSDP host configuration file.

Step 8

Delete the identity file and the file system table file

Delete the following files from the MSDP storage server, depending on operating system:

UNIX:

/storage_path/data/.identity
/storage_path/etc/puredisk/fstab.cfg

Windows:

storage_path\data\.identity
storage_path\etc\puredisk\fstab.cfg

Step 9

Change the storage server name or the storage location

See the computer or the storage vendor's documentation.

See Use fully qualified domain names.

See MSDP storage path properties.

Step 10

Reconfigure the storage server

When you configure deduplication, select the host by the new name and enter the new storage path (if you changed the path). You can also use a new network interface.

See Configuring media server deduplication in NetBackup.

Step 11

Import the backup images

See theNetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I.