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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
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  4. About the NetBackup deduplication destinations
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

About the NetBackup deduplication destinations

Several destinations exist for the NetBackup deduplication, as shown in the following table.

Table: NetBackup deduplication storage destinations

Destination

Description

Media Server Deduplication Pool

A NetBackup Media Server Deduplication Pool represents the disk or cloud storage that is attached to a NetBackup media server. NetBackup deduplicates the data and hosts the storage.

If you use this destination, use this guide to plan, implement, configure, and manage deduplication and the storage. When you configure the storage server, select Media Server Deduplication Pool as the storage type.

The Media Server Deduplication Pool can be hosted on the following systems:

  • A NetBackup media server.

  • A NetBackup 5200 series appliance or NetBackup 5300 series appliance.

PureDisk Deduplication Pool

A NetBackup PureDisk Deduplication Pool represents a storage pool on a NetBackup 5000 series appliance. NetBackup deduplicates the data, and the NetBackup 5000 series appliance hosts the storage.

Note:

NetBackup supports PureDisk Deduplication Pool storage on NetBackup 5000 series appliances only.

If you use a NetBackup 5000 series appliance for storage, use the following documentation:

  • The NetBackup 5000 series appliance documentation to plan, implement, configure, and manage the appliance, which includes the storage:

    http://www.veritas.com/docs/TECH145661

  • This guide to configure backups and deduplication in NetBackup. When you configure the storage server, select PureDisk Deduplication Pool as the storage type.

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