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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. About MSDP backup policy configuration
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

About MSDP backup policy configuration

When you configure a backup policy, for the Policy storage select a storage unit that uses a deduplication pool.

For a storage lifecycle policy, for the Storage unit select a storage unit that uses a deduplication pool.

For VMware backups, select the Enable file recovery from VM backup option when you configure a VMware backup policy. The Enable file recovery from VM backup option provides the best deduplication rates.

NetBackup deduplicates the client data that it sends to a deduplication storage unit.

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