Setting Client Deduplication Options Using the Command Line Interface

Use the following steps to set client deduplication options. For information on setting options for multiple clients, see Updating Client Properties for Multiple Clients. For information on deduplication, see Deduplication Overview.

Run the qlogin command to log on to the CommServe computer.
Download the update_client_template.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.
To define the parameter values, do one of the following:
- Open the .xml file and update the XML parameters.
- Type the parameters on the command line using the following format: -parameter_name parameter_value.
For information on XML command line syntax, see Command Syntax for XML Commands.
From software_installation_directory/Base type the following command and include any parameters not defined in the .xml file:
```
 
qoperation execute -af update_client_template.xml
```
Example

The following command disables the client side disk cache option for client001. In this example, the parameters are listed on the command line:
```
 
qoperation execute -af update_client_template.xml -entity/clientName client001 -enableClientSideDiskCache false
```

The following table displays the XML parameters needed before running the qoperation command:

Attribute	Description
clientName	Name of the client computers for which you want to enable deduplication.
cacheBufferSize	The option to set the cache buffer size.
clientSideDeduplication	The option to enable Client Side Deduplication. Valid values are: USE_SPSETTINGS, to use storage policy settings ON_CLIENT, to enable client side deduplication OFF, to disable client side deduplication
enableClientSideDiskCache	The option to enable a client side disk cache. Use this parameter when the clientSideDeduplication parameter is set to "ON_CLIENT." Valid values are True/False.
enableHighLatencyOptimization	The option to enable high latency optimization. Use this parameter when the enableClientSideDiskCache parameter is set to "true." Valid values are True/False.
enableVariableContentAlignment	The option to enable variable content alignment. Valid values are True/False.
maxCacheDb	The option to set the maximum size in megabytes for the cache database . Use this parameter when the enableClientSideDiskCache parameter is set to "true." Valid values are: 1024 2048 4096 8192 16384 32768 65536 131072
performClientSideDeduplication	The option to enable or disable source side deduplication. Valid values are True/False.