Deactivating MSDP

You cannot remove the deduplication components from a NetBackup media server. You can disable the components and remove the deduplication storage files and the catalog files. The host remains a NetBackup media server.

This process assumes that all backup images that reside on the deduplication disk storage have expired.

Warning:

If you remove deduplication and valid NetBackup images reside on the deduplication storage, data loss may occur.

Table: Remove MSDP

Step	Task	Procedure
Step 1	Remove client deduplication	Remove the clients that deduplicate their own data from the client deduplication list. See Disabling MSDP client-side deduplication for a client.
Step 2	Delete the storage units that use the disk pool	See the NetBackup Administrator's Guide, Volume I: http://www.veritas.com/docs/DOC5332
Step 3	Delete the disk pool	See Deleting a Media Server Deduplication Pool.
Step 4	Delete the deduplication storage server	See Deleting an MSDP storage server. Deleting the deduplication storage server does not alter the contents of the storage on physical disk. To protect against inadvertent data loss, NetBackup does not automatically delete the storage when you delete the storage server.
Step 5	Delete the configuration	Delete the deduplication configuration. See Deleting the MSDP storage server configuration.
Step 6	Delete the deduplication host configuration file	Each load balancing server contains a deduplication host configuration file. If you use load balancing servers, delete the deduplication host configuration file from those servers. See Deleting an MSDP host configuration file.
Step 7	Delete the storage directory and the database directory	Delete the storage directory and database directory. (Using a separate database directory was an option when you configured deduplication.) Warning: If you delete the storage directory and valid NetBackup images reside on the deduplication storage, data loss may occur. See the operating system documentation.

Deactivating MSDP

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