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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide
  3. Configuring deduplication
  4. About MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
  5. About the media servers for MSDP optimized duplication within the same domain
  6. About MSDP push duplication within the same domain
Veritas NetBackup™ Deduplication Guide

About MSDP push duplication within the same domain

Figure: Push duplication environment shows a push configuration for optimized duplication within the same domain. The local deduplication node contains normal backups; the remote deduplication node is the destination for the optimized duplication copies. Load balancing server LB_L2 has credentials for both storage servers; it is the common server.

Figure: Push duplication environment

Push duplication environment

Figure: Storage unit settings for backups to MSDP_L shows the settings for the storage unit for the normal backups for the local deduplication node. The disk pool is the MSDP_L in the local environment. Because all hosts in the local node are co-located, you can use any available media server for the backups.

Figure: Storage unit settings for backups to MSDP_L

Storage unit settings for backups to MSDP_L

Figure: Storage unit settings for duplication to MSDP_R shows the storage unit settings for the optimized duplication. The destination is the MSDP_R in the remote environment. You must select the common server, so only load balancing server LB_L2 is selected.

Figure: Storage unit settings for duplication to MSDP_R

Storage unit settings for duplication to MSDP_R

If you use the remote node for backups also, select StorageServer-R and load balancing server LB_R1 in the storage unit for the remote node backups. If you select server LB_L2, it becomes a load balancing server for the remote Media Server Deduplication Pool . In such a case, data travels across your WAN.

You can use a load balancing server when you duplicate between two NetBackup deduplication pools.

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