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  2. NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. MSDP cloud support
  4. About MSDP cloud support
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NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Limitations

  • Instant access for cloud LSU of AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • Universal share for cloud LSU of AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • Accelerator for cloud LSU of AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • Cloud DR for cloud LSU of AWS Glacier, AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported if the storage server name changes.

  • The Cloud LSU for AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive cannot be used as either sources or targets of AIR of any types, targeted or classic.

  • The Cloud LSU for AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive can be used as targets of optimized duplication but they cannot be used as sources of it.

  • Synthetic backup for cloud LSU of AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • Image verification for backups residing on a cloud LSU for AWS Glacier, AWS Deep Archive, and Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • SAP HANA for cloud LSU of Microsoft Azure Archive is not supported.

  • Snowball is not supported.

  • Multi-threaded Agent must be disabled when a Client-Direct backup is in use by NetBackup clients that have a NetBackup version earlier than 8.3.

  • If you select a load-balancing media server that has NetBackup version earlier than 8.3, then the cloud LSUs are not listed. Even if you select cloud LSUs with a media server that has a NetBackup version earlier than 8.3, the backups can fail.

  • Image sharing is not supported on AWS Glacier, AWS Glacier, and AWS Deep Archive.

  • Malware scan is not supported on AWS Glacier, AWS Glacier, and AWS Deep Archive.

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