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

Pausing the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line

To pause the MSDP server evacuation using the command-line

  1. Pause the evacuation instantly.

    Update the existing evacuation configuration file or create a new configuration file in the following format:

    Use :EP instead of :Y as the suffix for the MSDP server and disk volume, which is in evacuation mode.

    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
    

    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:EP" string
    
  2. Apply the configuration.

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

Alternatively, pause the evacuation by setting the maximum concurrent jobs to 0 in the destination storage unit. The evacuation suspends in up to 5 minutes by default.

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