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To change the state to DOWN, the disk pool in which the volume resides must not
be busy. If backup jobs are assigned to thedisk pool,the state change fails. Cancel
the backup jobs or wait until the jobs complete.
To change the deduplication disk volume state
1
Determine the name of the disk volume. The following command lists all
volumes in the specified disk pool:
nbdevquery -listdv -stype PureDisk -dp disk_pool_name
The nbdevquery and the nbdevconfig commands reside in the following
directory:
■ UNIX: /usr/openv/NetBackup/bin/admincmd
■ Windows: install_path\NetBackup\bin\admincmd
To display the disk volumes in all disk pools, omit the -dp option.
2
Change the disk volume state; the following is the command syntax:
nbdevconfig -changestate -stype PureDisk -dp disk_pool_name –dv
vol_name -state state
The state is either UP or DOWN.
Deleting a deduplication pool
You can delete a disk pool if it does not contain valid NetBackup backup images
or image fragments. If it does, you must first expire and delete those images or
fragments.
If you delete a disk pool, NetBackup removes it from your configuration.
If a disk pool is thestorage destination of a storage unit, you mustfirst delete the
storage unit.
To delete a deduplication disk pool
1
In the NetBackup AdministrationConsole, expand Media and Device
Management >Devices > Disk Pools.
2
Select a disk pool
3
On the Edit menu, select Delete.
4
In the DeleteDisk Pool dialog box, verify that the disk pool is the one you
want to delete and then click OK.
Determining the deduplication pool state
Disk pool state is UP or DOWN.
Managing deduplication
Managing deduplication disk pools
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