Before you delete the MediaAgent, review the impact of the deletion on various CommCell entities that are associated with the MediaAgent.
Array Access Nodes
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the only array access node for the storage array with the capability to prune the snapshots from the storage array. |
The software uses the source MediaAgent of the snapshots to perform prune operation. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as the array access node. For instructions, see Configuring Array Access Nodes for a Storage Array. |
Cloud Library or Disk Library
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The mount path is shared with other MediaAgents along with the MediaAgent that you delete. |
The MediaAgent deletion operation removes sharing with the MediaAgent for the mount path. |
No action is needed. |
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The mount path is shared only with the MediaAgent that you delete. |
The MediaAgent deletion operation removes sharing with the MediaAgent for the mount path. |
Before or after you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Share the mount path with another MediaAgent. For instructions, see Sharing a Mount Path. |
Clones Mounted on the MediaAgent
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The clones are mounted on the MediaAgent that you delete. |
The software cannot perform the snapshot unmount operation for the clones. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Wait for the clones to unmount, and then perform the MediaAgent deletion operation. |
Data Access Nodes
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the only data access node for the storage array. |
The software cannot perform the backup operation for the storage array. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Add another MediaAgent as the data access node. For information, see Subclient Properties (Data Access Nodes). |
NFS ObjectStore
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The software cannot access the NFS ObjectStore. |
The software cannot access the NFS ObjectStore. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Manually delete the NFS ObjectStore. For instructions, see Deleting an NFS ObjectStore Share. |
Storage Policy or Storage Pool
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the only data path the storage policy or the storage pool. |
The MediaAgent deletion operation deletes all the data paths associated with the MediaAgent. To continue the backup operations, at least one data path must be available. |
Before or after you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
To run any new backup operation, add a new data path to the storage policy or to the storage pool before or after you delete the MediaAgent. For instructions, see: |
The storage policy or the storage pool has other MediaAgent as the data path along with the MediaAgent that you delete. |
The MediaAgent deletion operation deletes all the data paths associated with the MediaAgent. |
No action is needed. |
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The MediaAgent that you delete hosts some of the deduplication database (DDB) partitions of the storage policy or the storage pool. |
The software automatically performs the Config Only DDB move partition operation to move the partitions to another MediaAgent that hosts other DDB partitions. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
After you delete the MediaAgent, you are expected to run a DDB reconstruction operation. |
The MediaAgent that you delete hosts all the deduplication database (DDB) partitions of the storage policy or the storage pool. |
The software cannot access the DDB after you delete the MediaAgent. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
After you delete the MediaAgent, you must perform the Move Partitions operation with Change Config only option selected. Then, you are expected to perform the DDB reconstruction. |
Tape Library
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the only library controller for the tape library. |
The MediaAgent deletion operation deconfigures the tape library. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Manually deconfigure the tape library. For instructions, see Deconfiguring a Tape Library. |
Proxy Server to Perform Backup Copy Operations
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is configured as a proxy MediaAgent to perform the backup copy operations for the subclients. |
The client computer performs the backup copy operations for the subclients. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
To perform backup copy operations, assign another MediaAgent as the proxy for the subclients. Configure a new MediaAgent in the Use separate Proxy for Backup Copy for the subclient. For information, see Subclient Properties (IntelliSnap Operations). |
Proxy Server to Perform IntelliSnap Backup Operations
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the only proxy MediaAgent configured for the subclients. |
The software cannot perform the backup operation for the subclients. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
To perform backup operations, assign another MediaAgent as the proxy for the subclients. Configure a new MediaAgent in the Use Proxy for the subclient. For information, see Subclient Properties (IntelliSnap Operations). |
Remote Snap MediaAgents
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the array management level. |
The software uses the MediaAgent assigned to the client computer to perform the snap operations. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the array management level. For information, see Remote Snap MA. |
The MediaAgent that you delete is the remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the client level. |
The software uses the MediaAgent assigned to the client computer to perform the snap operations. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the client level. For information, see Remote Snap MA. |
The MediaAgent that you delete is the remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the subclient level. |
The software uses the MediaAgent assigned to the client computer to perform the snap operations. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the subclient level. For information, see Remote Snap MA. |
The MediaAgent that you delete is the remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the storage policy copy level. |
The software uses the MediaAgent assigned to the client computer to perform the snap operations. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as remote MediaAgent to the storage array at the storage policy copy level. For information, see Remote Snap MA. |
SCSI Server Client
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete contains the snapshot volumes mounted from an SCSI server. |
The software cannot unmount the snapshot volumes. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Unmount the snapshot volumes. For instructions, see Unmounting a Snapshot. |
SCSI Server Host
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is used as an SCSI server host. |
The software cannot unmount the snapshot volumes. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Unmount the snapshot volumes. For instructions, see Unmounting a Snapshot. |
Snapshots Mounted on the MediaAgent
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The snapshots are mounted on the MediaAgent that you delete. |
The software cannot perform the snapshot unmount operation. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Unmount the snapshots. For instructions, see Unmounting a Snapshot. |
Virtual Server Instance
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the proxy to the VMware vCenter instance. |
The software cannot perform backup operations. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, mandatory |
Assign another MediaAgent as the proxy to the VMware vCenter instance. For information, see Virtual Server Instance Properties (Proxies). |
Virtual Server Subclient
Condition |
Impact of Deletion |
When to do? |
What to Do? |
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The MediaAgent that you delete is the proxy to the VMware vCenter subclient. |
The proxies assigned to the VMware vCenter client computer are used to perform the backup operation. |
Before you delete the MediaAgent, optional |
Assign another MediaAgent as the proxy to the VMware vCenter subclient. For instructions, see Designating Proxies to Back Up VMware Virtual Machines. |