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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Using the NetBackup Deduplication Shell
  4. Managing NetBackup services from the deduplication shell
  5. Managing the MSDP services across the cluster
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Managing the MSDP services across the cluster

The deduplication services operate the Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP) storage on the storage server. Use the following procedures to manage the cluster MSDP services.

To view the status of the MSDP services

  1. Open an SSH session to any MSDP engine in a cluster.
  2. Run the following command to view the status of the MSDP services in a cluster.

    dedupe MSDP-cluster status

    The status of the vpfsd is also displayed.

To stop the MSDP services

  1. Open an SSH session to any MSDP engine in a cluster.
  2. Run the following command to stop the MSDP services in a cluster.

    dedupe MSDP-cluster stop

    The vpfsd service is also stopped.

To start the MSDP services

  1. Open an SSH session to any MSDP engine in a cluster.
  2. Run the following command to start the MSDP services in a cluster.

    dedupe MSDP-cluster start

    The vpfsd service is also started.

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