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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Recovering MSDP
  4. Recovering the MSDP catalog manually
  5. Recovering the MSDP Catalog from a shadow copy
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Recovering the MSDP Catalog from a shadow copy

After you restore the MSDP catalog from a backup to the catalog shadow directories, you must recover the catalog from the catalog shadow directory.

To recover the MSDP Catalog from a shadow copy

  1. Start the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad):

    UNIX:/usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde start spad

    Windows:install_path\Veritas\pdde\spad --start

  2. Recover the catalog from the shadow copy:

    UNIX:/usr/openv/pdde/pdcr/bin/cacontrol --catalog recover all

    Windows:<install_path>\Veritas\pdde\cacontrol --catalog recover all

  3. Stop the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad):

    UNIX: /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/pdde stop spad

    Windows: install_path\Veritas\pdde\spad --stop

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