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belse
Level 5
13 years ago
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Dedupe

Hi All,

I want to enable client side deduplication in my environment. Pls tell me whether i need to enable this as per the attached or should i need to make more changes.

My environment is 

1 win 2003 server with media server and 1 Dell Tape drive (Netbackup 7.0 Intstalled Dedupe licence is available)

2 windows client

3 one unix client

Thanks,

Belse

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
Features
NetBackup
Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    13 years ago
    You cannot dedupe to tape. You need a 64-bit media server with sufficient cpu memory and disk space to config as dedupe media server. See these manuals: NBU Deduplication Guide http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127071 NBU Deduplication: Additional Info http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77575

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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    13 years ago
    You cannot dedupe to tape. You need a 64-bit media server with sufficient cpu memory and disk space to config as dedupe media server. See these manuals: NBU Deduplication Guide http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127071 NBU Deduplication: Additional Info http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH77575
  • wizard_s32's avatar
    wizard_s32
    Level 4
    13 years ago

    What Marianne Says is correct, To add CLient side dedup would have more memory utilisation on the client side the best possible solution is to do media server deduplication for all the clients which need it.

  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Adding a major feature such as dedup to an exsisiting environemnt requires detailed planning and design, not just a few questions on a forum.

    Many NBU issues are caused by incorrectly designed systems, and some of the problems seen cannot be fixed, simply because the system is incorrectly designed (underpowered is a common issue).

    Martin