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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. MSDP volume group (MVG)
  4. Configuring the MSDP volume group
  5. Creating an MVG volume using the command-line
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Creating an MVG volume using the command-line

To configure an MVG volume using the command-line

  1. Create a configuration file for an MVG volume in the following format.
    V7.5 "operation" "add-virtual-volume" string
    V7.5 "virtualVolume" "<mvg-volume>" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "<msdp-server1>:<msdp-volume1>:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "<msdp-server2>:<msdp-volume2>:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "<msdp-server...>:<msdp-volume...>:Y" string

    For example,

    # cat sample-mvg-local.cfg
    V7.5 "operation" "add-virtual-volume" string
    V7.5 "virtualVolume" "sample-mvg-local" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server1:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server2:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server3:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server4:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    
    # cat sample-mvg-cloud.cfg
    V7.5 "operation" "add-virtual-volume" string
    V7.5 "virtualVolume" "sample-mvg-cloud" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server1:cloud-volume1:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server2:cloud-volume2:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server3:cloud-volume3:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "sample-msdp-server4:cloud-volume4:Y" string
  2. Create an MVG volume in the MVG server.

    nbdevconfig -setconfig -storage_server <mvg-server> -stype PureDisk -configlist <configuration-file>

  3. Create a disk pool with the MVG volume in NetBackup.

    nbdevconfig -previewdv -storage_server <mvg-server> -stype PureDisk | grep <mvg-volume> > <mvg-volume-cfg-file>

    nbdevconfig -createdp -dp <disk-pool-name> -storage_server <mvg-server> -stype PureDisk -dvlist <mvg-volume-cfg-file>

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