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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. About saving the MSDP storage server configuration
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

About saving the MSDP storage server configuration

You can save your storage server settings in a text file. A saved storage server configuration file contains the configuration settings for your storage server. It also contains status information about the storage. A saved configuration file may help you with recovery of your storage server. Therefore, Veritas recommends that you get the storage server configuration and save it in a file. The file does not exist unless you create it.

The following is an example of a populated configuration file:

V7.0 "storagepath" "D:\DedupeStorage" string
V7.0 "spalogpath" "D:\DedupeStorage\log" string
V7.0 "dbpath" "D:\DedupeStorage" string
V7.0 "required_interface" "HOSTNAME" string
V7.0 "spalogretention" "7" int
V7.0 "verboselevel" "3" int
V7.0 "replication_target(s)" "none" string
V7.0 "Storage Pool Size" "698.4GB" string
V7.0 "Storage Pool Used Space" "132.4GB" string
V7.0 "Storage Pool Available Space" "566.0GB" string
V7.0 "Catalog Logical Size" "287.3GB" string
V7.0 "Catalog files Count" "1288" string
V7.0 "Space Used Within Containers" "142.3GB" string

V7.0 represents the version of the I/O format not the NetBackup release level. The version may differ on your system.

If you get the storage server configuration when the server is not configured or is down and unavailable, NetBackup creates a template file. The following is an example of a template configuration file:

V7.0 "storagepath" " " string
V7.0 "spalogin" " " string
V7.0 "spapasswd" " " string
V7.0 "spalogretention" "7" int
V7.0 "verboselevel" "3" int
V7.0 "dbpath" " " string
V7.0 "required_interface" " " string

To use a storage server configuration file for recovery, you must edit the file so that it includes only the information that is required for recovery.

See Saving the MSDP storage server configuration.

See Setting the MSDP storage server configuration.

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Editing an MSDP storage server configuration file

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