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  4. Managing the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line
  5. Starting the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Starting the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line

To start the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line

  1. Ensure that no storage units exist for the disk volume being evacuated. If any exist, delete them.

    bpstulist -l

    bpstudel -label <stu>

  2. Create a destination storage unit with the current MVG volume for evacuation.

    bpstuadd -label <evacuation-stu> -dp <dp-of-mvg-volume> -cj <concurrency>

  3. Create a configuration file for evacuation in the following format:
    V7.5 "operation" "update-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
    

    Use :ES:<storage-unit-of-the-current-mvg-volume> instead of :Y as the suffix for the MSDP server and disk volume, which is to be evacuated.

    For example,

    # cat /root/evacuate-host4.cfg
    V7.5 "operation" "update-virtual-volume" string
    V7.5 "virtualVolume" "mvg-local" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "mvgdemo-host2.mvgdemo.com:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "mvgdemo-host3.mvgdemo.com:PureDiskVolume:Y" string
    V7.5 "diskVolume" "mvgdemo-host4.mvgdemo.com:PureDiskVolume:ES:evacuate-stu" string
    
    
  4. Apply the configuration changes to the MVG volume.

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

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