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  3. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  5. Configuring deduplication
  7. Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool
NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool

Configure in this context means to configure a NetBackup media server as a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool.

See About MSDP storage servers.

The type of storage.

Select Media Server Deduplication Pool for the type of disk storage.

The credentials for the deduplication engine.

See About the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials.

The storage paths.

See MSDP storage path properties.

The network interface.

See About the network interface for MSDP.

The load-balancing servers, if any.

See About MSDP storage servers.

When you configure the storage server, the wizard also lets you create a disk pool and storage unit.

Prerequisite

For a 96-TB Media Server Deduplication Pool, you must create the required directories before you configure the storage server.

See Creating the data directories for 400 TB MSDP support.

To configure a NetBackup storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool

  1. Open the web UI.
  2. On the left, click Storage > Disk storage. Select the Storage servers tab, then click Add.
  3. In the Storage type list, select Disk storage servers.
  4. From the Category options, select Media Server Deduplication Pool (MSDP, MSDP Cloud, MVG).
  5. Click Start.
  6. On the Basic properties tab, select or enter the appropriate information.

    Media server

    Select the media server that you want to configure as the storage server.

    You can add deduplication load-balancing servers on the next wizard panel.

    Username

    Enter the username for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.

    Password

    Enter the password for the NetBackup Deduplication Engine.

    Re- enter password

    To confirm the password, re-enter the password.

  7. On the Storage server options page, search or enter the Storage path.
  8. Enter the alternate path in the Use alternate path for deduplication database field.
  9. In Use specific network interface field, enter the interface.
  10. If required, select the Enable encryption check box.
  11. Click Next.
  12. On the Media servers page, click Add.
  13. Select the additional media servers.
  14. Click Add.
  15. Click Next.
  16. On the Review page, verify all the information and click Save.

More Information

About the NetBackup Deduplication Engine credentials

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