Windows 2012 R2 media server with deduplication storage

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Hi,

Any idea

We are planning to implement Media server (OS is windows 2012 R2 server(virtual) with direct attached storgae as deduplication storage as backup destination.

It is supported ?

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I got it

OS     CPU Architecture     Media Server Dedupe     Minimum NetBackup Level
Windows Server 2012 R2[1]    x86-64    Yes    7.6.0.3
Windows Server 2012[1]    x86-64    Yes    7.6.0.1

[Nicolai · Accepted solution]

With caution - see :

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO88996

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO88995

http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO61249

Not having the needed CPU,memory and disk I/O available will impact backup and restore performance.