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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. Creating the data directories for 250-TB MSDP support
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Creating the data directories for 250-TB MSDP support

NetBackup requires that each storage volume contain a directory named data.

You must create the data directories on the second and third volumes that are required for 250-TB support. (NetBackup creates the required data directory on the volume that you specify in the Storage Server Configuration Wizard.)

Prerequisite

  • The volumes must be formatted with the file systems that NetBackup supports for MSDP and mounted on the storage server.

    See About provisioning the storage for MSDP.

  • The storage server must be configured already.

    See Configuring a storage server for a Media Server Deduplication Pool.

To create the data directories for 250-TB MSDP support

  • In both the second and third volumes for the Media Server Deduplication Pool, create a data subdirectory at the volumes's mount points, as follows:

    mount_point/data

    The following is an example of the mount points for the three required storage volumes:

    /msdp/vol0  <--- Netbackup creates the data directory in this volume
    /msdp/vol1  <--- Create a data directory in this volume
    /msdp/vol2  <--- Create a data directory in this volume

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