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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. Resetting the MSDP registry
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Resetting the MSDP registry

If you reconfigure your deduplication environment, one of the steps is to reset the deduplication registry.

See Changing the MSDP storage server name or storage path.

Warning:

Only follow these procedures if you are reconfiguring your storage server and storage paths.

The procedure differs on UNIX and on Windows.

To reset the MSDP registry file on UNIX and Linux

  • Enter the following commands on the storage server to reset the deduplication registry file:
    rm /etc/pdregistry.cfg
    cp -f /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/cfg/userconfigs/pdregistry.cfg
     /etc/pdregistry.cfg

To reset the MSDP registry on Windows

  • Delete the contents of the following keys in the Windows registry:
    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\PureDisk\Agent\ConfigFilePath

    • HKLM\SOFTWARE\Symantec\PureDisk\Agent\EtcPath

    Warning:

    Editing the Windows registry may cause unforeseen results.

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