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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring and managing universal shares
  4. Advanced features of universal shares
  5. Universal share accelerator for data deduplication
  6. Configure a universal share accelerator
  7. Adding additional storage paths for universal share accelerator
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Adding additional storage paths for universal share accelerator

Use the following procedure to add a new partition.

To add additional storage paths for universal share accelerator

  1. Shut down the universal share accelerator.

    vpfs_accelerator.sh --stop-all

  2. Edit the edit_fstab to add new partition.

    /usr/openv/pdde/vpfs/bin/edit_fstab [partition_1] [partition_2] ... [partition_N] Where partition_1 - partition_N are the partition paths to be added to the fstab.cfg file. Partitions that already exist in fstab.cfg are ignored.

    Example: Add new partition /msdp1/.

    edit_fstab /msdp1/

  3. Start up the universal share accelerator.

    vpfs_accelerator.sh --start-all

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