Ransomware attackers specifically target and attempt to destroy backup systems to increase the probability of payment. Hardening your system is critical. Please ensure you have reviewed your platform security using the Security Hardening Checklist
Cohesity

COHESITY Documentation

Explore our documentation to get started, discover products & new features, access troubleshooting guides, register sources, platforms support.

Products
Data Security Alliance
Visit Cohesity.com
Demos
Support
Blogs
Developers
Partner Portals
Cohesity Community
© 2026 Cohesity, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Use|
Privacy Policy|
Legal|
  1. Home
  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. MSDP volume group (MVG)
  4. Configuring the MSDP volume group
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Configuring the MSDP volume group

You can perform the following tasks to configure and use the MSDP volume group.

Table: Configure MSDP volume group

Task

Description

Ensure that the MSDP volume group requirements are met.

See MSDP volume group requirements.

Configure the MVG server.

See Configuring an MVG server using the web UI.

Configure the MVG volume.

See Creating an MVG volume using the web UI.

Configure an MVG server using the command-line

See Configuring an MVG server using the command-line.

Create an MVG volume using the command-line

See Creating an MVG volume using the command-line.

Update an MVG volume using the command-line

See Updating an MVG volume using the command-line.

Configure the targeted AIR with MVG volume.

See Configuring the targeted AIR with an MVG volume .

Update an MVG volume.

See Updating an MVG volume using the web UI.

List the MVG volumes.

See Listing the MVG volumes.

Delete an MVG volume.

See Deleting an MVG volume.

Configure the MSDP server to be used by MVG server if they have different credentials

See Configuring the MSDP server to be used by an MVG server having different credentials.

Migrate a backup policy to use the MSDP volume group.

See Migrate a backup policy from a regular MSDP disk volume to the MVG volume.

Migrate a backup policy from MVG to a regular MSDP disk volume.

See Migrate a backup policy from an MVG volume to a regular MSDP disk volume.

Assign a client policy combination to another MSDP server.

See Assigning a client policy combination to another MSDP server.

Remove the MVG server configuration.

See Removing an MVG server configuration.

Feedback

Was this page helpful?
Previous

About MVG resilience

Next

MSDP volume group requirements

Feedback

Was this page helpful?