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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. Configuring MSDP fingerprint cache seeding on the storage server
  5. NetBackup seedutil options
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

NetBackup seedutil options

The following is the usage statement for the seedutil utility:

seedutil [-v log_level] [-seed -sclient source_client_name -spolicy policy_name -dclient destination_client_name [-backupid backup_id]] [-clear client_name] [-clear_all] [-list_clients] [-list_images client_name] [-dsid] [-help]

The following items describe the options:

-backupid backup_id

The backup ID from which to copy the data for seeding.

-clear client_name

Clear the contents of the seed directory specified by the client_name .

-clear_all

Clear the contents of all of the seed directories.

-dclient destination_client_name

The name of the new client for which you are seeding the data.

-dsid

Data selection ID.

-help

Display help for the command.

-list_clients

List all of the clients that have been configured for seeding.

-list_images client_name

List the contents of the seeding directory for the specified client.

-sclient source_client_name

The client from which to copy the data for seeding.

Note:

NetBackup treats long and short host names differently, so ensure that you use the client name as it appears in the policy that backs it up.

-seed

Configure seeding.

-spolicy policy_name

The NetBackup policy that backed up the client that you want to use for the seeding data.

-v log_level

The log level.

The following are the directories in which the command resides:

  • UNIX: /usr/openv/pdde/pdag/bin

  • Windows: C:\Program Files\Veritas\pdde

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