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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Troubleshooting
  4. Troubleshooting MSDP operational issues
  5. MSDP errors, delayed response, hangs
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

MSDP errors, delayed response, hangs

Insufficient memory or inadequate host capabilities may cause multiple errors, delayed response, and hangs.

For virtual machines, Veritas recommends that you do the following:

  • Set the memory size of each virtual machine to double the physical memory of the host.

  • Set the minimum and the maximum values of each virtual machine to the same value (double the physical memory of the host). These memory settings prevent the virtual memory from becoming fragmented on the disk because it does not grow or shrink.

These recommendations may not be the best configuration for every virtual machine. However, Veritas recommends that you try this solution first when troubleshooting performance issues.

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