Re: [Veritas-bu] Win XP client Deduplication
See responses in-line David K. Carpe Principal Systems Engineer Symantec Corporation Office: 646.487.6012 Mobile: 908.963.6818 Home Office: 973.940-1805 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karl Rossing Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 4:55 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Win XP client Deduplication I have 75 windows client that I would like to backup over the wan. I can't use DLO since we don't have a Windows Domain. I would like to do client deduplication. I have a few questions in order to verify what I understand. Is there some deduplication built into NB 6.5.2/6.5.3 Win XP client? [DKC] No, there is no deduplication in the basic client If I have to purchase PureDisk 6.5, I have further questions. 1) If a client has two files with the same data, do both files get sent to the Netbackup Server? [DKC] If both files are identical the all the fingerprints will be identical. If the fingerprint exists anywhere within the PureDisk Global Environment, the data associated with that fingerprint will not be backed up. Fingerprints are 128K in size. So the first file will get backed up and the second file will simply have meta data indicating the fingerprints that are already in the storage pool that contain that file's data. 2) If I have two clients with the same files, do both files get sent to the Netbackup Server? [DKC] No. The first one that gets backed up will send the data associated with it's fingerprints to PureDisk. The next server will see that fingerprints already exist for its files and will not be backed up and the metabase will associate that client's files with the appropriate fingerprints. 3) Do I need to update the Netbackup Client to support PureDisk? [DKC] The NetBackup 6.5 Client includes the PureDisk 6.5 Client. Thanks Karl CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication (including all attachments) is confidential and is intended for the use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain information that is private, confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. All rights to privilege are expressly claimed and reserved and are not waived. Any use, dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of this message and any attachments, in whole or in part, by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete this communication from all data storage devices and destroy all hard copies. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Win XP client Deduplication
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 3:55 PM, Karl Rossing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have 75 windows client that I would like to backup over the wan. I > can't use DLO since we don't have a Windows Domain. I would like to do > client deduplication. > > I have a few questions in order to verify what I understand. > > Is there some deduplication built into NB 6.5.2/6.5.3 Win XP client? > No. NetBackup's only dedupe is via PureDisk. > If I have to purchase PureDisk 6.5, I have further questions. We haven't installed PureDisk on XP, we do have it installed on a bunch of Windows 2003 servers (I'm not the PD expert in my group - somebody else is doing most of the PD work). We are not yet using it as NetBackup storage unit - that can't happen until we install NBU 6.5.2. Today, the data gets sent to a dedicated PureDisk appliance which is SuSe-based. 1) If a client has two files with the same data, do both files get sent > to the Netbackup Server? Nope - the client sends enough information over to be able to determine whether or not any data needs to be sent. 2) If I have two clients with the same files, do both files get sent to > the Netbackup Server? Nope. In fact, we've "seeded" our PureDisk server with copies of the data to speed up the initial backup of the remote sites - this is especially useful if the remote site has a slow network link. Dump the data to a USB drive at the remote site, ship it to where the PureDisk server is, and back it up first. > > 3) Do I need to update the Netbackup Client to support PureDisk? You don't actually have to install the NetBackup client at all. The PureDisk interface to restore files is actually pretty good. .../Ed -- Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If I've helped you, please make a donation to my favorite charity at http://firstgiving.com/edwilts ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Win XP client Deduplication
I have 75 windows client that I would like to backup over the wan. I can't use DLO since we don't have a Windows Domain. I would like to do client deduplication. I have a few questions in order to verify what I understand. Is there some deduplication built into NB 6.5.2/6.5.3 Win XP client? If I have to purchase PureDisk 6.5, I have further questions. 1) If a client has two files with the same data, do both files get sent to the Netbackup Server? 2) If I have two clients with the same files, do both files get sent to the Netbackup Server? 3) Do I need to update the Netbackup Client to support PureDisk? Thanks Karl CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication (including all attachments) is confidential and is intended for the use of the named addressee(s) only and may contain information that is private, confidential, privileged, and exempt from disclosure under law. All rights to privilege are expressly claimed and reserved and are not waived. Any use, dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure of this message and any attachments, in whole or in part, by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete this communication from all data storage devices and destroy all hard copies. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
