Symantec NETBACKUP 7 - Manual (Page 45)

NetBackup media server deduplication components and the deduplication storage.
The host remains a NetBackup media server.
This process assumes that all backup images that reside on the deduplication disk
storage have expired.
Caution: If you uninstall deduplication and valid NetBackup images reside on the
deduplication storage, data loss may occur.
Table 4-2 Disable media server deduplication
Remove the clients that deduplicate their own data from
the client deduplication list.
See “Disabling deduplication for a client” on page 90.
Disable client deduplication
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and
Linux, Volume I
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows,
Volume I..
Delete the storage units that
use the disk pool
See “Deleting a deduplication pool” on page 78. Delete the disk pool
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and
Linux, Volume I
See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows,
Volume I..
Stop the services on the
storage server
Delete the storage directory and database directory (if you
configured a database directory).
See the operating system documentation.
Delete the storage directories
On Windows, delete the following:
■ The purediskdbuser account. The account is for the
deduplication database administration.
■ The purediskdbuser folder.
See the operating system documentation.
On Windows, delete accounts
and files
45 Installing deduplication
Uninstalling media server deduplication