Symantec NETBACKUP 7 User Manual

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Warning:

Deleting valid backup images may cause data loss.

Table 5-5

Disable media server deduplication

Procedure

Task

Deactivate all backup policies that use deduplication storage.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and
Linux, Volume I

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows,
Volume I..

Ensure that no deduplication
activity occurs

Expire all backup images that reside on the deduplication
disk storage.

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and
Linux, Volume I

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows,
Volume I..

Expire backup images

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

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
media server

Delete the storage directory and database directory (if you
configured a database directory).

Delete the storage directories

See

on page 73.

Reset the registry

See

on page 67.

Delete the deduplication
storage server

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for UNIX and
Linux, Volume I

See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows,
Volume I..

Start the NetBackup services
on the media server

See

on page 47.

Reconfigure

Configuring deduplication
Reconfiguring the deduplication storage server and storage paths