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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Managing deduplication
  4. Managing MSDP servers
  5. Setting MSDP storage server attributes
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Setting MSDP storage server attributes

You may have to set storage server attributes to enable new functionality.

If you set an attribute on the storage server, you may have to set the same attribute on existing deduplication pools. The overview or configuration procedure for the new functionality describes the requirements.

See Setting a Media Server Deduplication Pool attribute.

To set a MSDP storage server attribute

  1. The following is the command syntax to set a storage server attribute. Run the command on the master server or on the storage server.

    nbdevconfig -changests -storage_server storage_server -stype PureDisk -setattribute attribute

    The following describes the options that require the arguments that are specific to your domain:

    -storage_server storage_server

    The name of the storage server.

    -setattribute attribute

    The attribute is the name of the argument that represents the new functionality.

    For example, OptimizedImage specifies that the environment supports the optimized synthetic backup method.

    The following is the path to the nbdevconfig command:

    • UNIX: /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd

    • Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd

  2. To verify, view the storage server attributes.

    See Viewing MSDP storage server attributes.

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