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NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Recovering the MSDP catalog manually

Perform the following steps to recover the MSDP catalog manually:

Table: Automated MSDP catalog recovery

Step

Task

Description

1

Ensure that the pre-requisites are met.

See MSDP catalog recovery prerequisites.

2

Log on to the MSDP storage server that you want to recover

The MSDP catalog recovery steps require NetBackup commands, MSDP commands, and operating system commands.

Open a command or shell window on the NetBackup MSDP storage server to run the required NetBackup, MSDP, and operating system commands for recovery.

3

Synchronize the date and time of the NetBackup primary server and the MSDP storage server.

See Synchronizing the date and time of the NetBackup primary server and the MSDP storage server .

4

Determine the catalog backup from which to recover.

See Determining the catalog backup for recovery .

5

Verify the catalog backup files.

See Verifying the catalog backup files.

6

Initialize MSDP for the catalog recovery.

See Initializing MSDP for catalog recovery .

7

Restore an MSDP catalog backup to the catalog shadow directory.

See Restoring an MSDP catalog backup to the catalog shadow directory.

8

Recover the MSDP catalog from a shadow copy.

See Recovering the MSDP Catalog from a shadow copy.

9

Synchronize the MSDP catalog with the NetBackup catalog.

See Synchronize the MSDP catalog with the NetBackup catalog.

10

Set the NetBackup Deduplication Engine to refuse jobs.

See Setting the NetBackup Deduplication Engine to refuse jobs.

11

Check MSDP data integrity manually.

See Checking MSDP data integrity manually .

12

Process the MSDP transaction queue manually.

See Process the MSDP transaction queue manually.

13

Set the NetBackup Deduplication Engine to accept jobs.

See Setting the NetBackup Deduplication Engine to accept jobs.

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