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HyuNN's avatar
HyuNN
Level 3
2 years ago

Checking size of a backup on NetBackup appliance

Hello all,

I have a backup master where servers from various customers being backed up. Now I have a request to provide details of how much space is occupied on the NetBackup appliance by the backups of a specific set of servers. Is there a way to find this out?

  • davidmoline's avatar
    davidmoline
    2 years ago

    HyuNN 

    The report will not give the size in the appliance, just the original size of the backup, and what you are after is not readily available.

    Deduplication will lead to shared data segments from all backups and customers. How do you intend to account for those - charge each customer that uses the block of data or just the first? 

    Most service providers I know of base their charging model on the FETB of what is being backed up by each customer, this is more readily available metric and less prone to dispute. 

    Cheers
    David

     

     

    • HyuNN's avatar
      HyuNN
      Level 3
      2 years ago

      Does this give exact size of the space the backups are holding on the appliance (after deduplication and compression) ? I am not looking just for the size of a backup, I am looking for actual space taken on the appliance.

      • davidmoline's avatar
        davidmoline
        Level 6
        2 years ago

        HyuNN 

        The report will not give the size in the appliance, just the original size of the backup, and what you are after is not readily available.

        Deduplication will lead to shared data segments from all backups and customers. How do you intend to account for those - charge each customer that uses the block of data or just the first? 

        Most service providers I know of base their charging model on the FETB of what is being backed up by each customer, this is more readily available metric and less prone to dispute. 

        Cheers
        David