Removing an MSDP load balancing server
You can remove a load balancing server from a deduplication node. The media server no longer deduplicates client data.
See About MSDP storage servers.
After you remove the load balancing server, restart the NetBackup Enterprise Media Manager service. The NetBackup disk polling service may try to use the removed server to query for disk status. Because the server is no longer a load balancing server, it cannot query the disk storage. Consequently, NetBackup may mark the disk volume as DOWN. When the EMM service restarts, it chooses a different deduplication server to monitor the disk storage.
If the host failed and is unavailable, you can use the tpconfig device configuration utility in menu mode to delete the server. However, you must run the tpconfig utility on a UNIX or Linux NetBackup server.
For procedures, see the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume II.
To remove a media server from an MSDP node
- Open the web UI.
- On the left, click Storage > Disk storage.
- Click the Storage servers tab.
- Review the Media servers column. For every storage unit where you manually selected one or more media servers, select the option Allow NetBackup to automatically select (Any available).
- Click the storage server name.
- In the Media servers list, locate the media server and click Delete to remove the media server from an MSDP node.