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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Managing deduplication
  4. Managing MSDP servers
  5. Deleting the MSDP storage server configuration
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

Deleting the MSDP storage server configuration

Use this procedure to delete a deduplication storage server configuration. The script that is used in this procedure deletes the active configuration and returns the configuration files to their installed, preconfigured state.

Only use this procedure when directed to from a process topic. A process topic is a high-level user task made up of a series of separate procedures.

To delete the MSDP storage server configuration

  1. Use the NetBackup Administration Console to stop the NetBackup Deduplication Engine (spoold) and the NetBackup Deduplication Manager (spad).
  2. On the storage server, run one of the following scripts, depending on your operating system:

    UNIX: /usr/openv/pdde/pdconfigure/scripts/installers/PDDE_deleteConfig.sh

    Windows: install_path\Program Files\Veritas\pdde\PDDE_deleteConfig.bat

    The command output includes the following:

    **** Starting PDDE_deleteConfig.sh ***
    You need to stop the spad and spoold daemons to proceed
    This script will delete the PDDE configuration on this system
    Would you want to continue? [ y | n ]
  3. Type y and then press Enter.

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Changing the MSDP storage server name or storage path

Deactivating MSDP

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