Retiring a Deduplication Database

You can retire a deduplication database (DDB) only when the storage policy copy has another DDB associated to the copy apart from the DDB that you plan to retire. The retire operation seals the DDB, but unlike sealing, the retire operation does not create a new DDB. The retired DDB gets automatically pruned with data aging. The software may create a new baseline for the backup data of the subclients that use the retired DDB.

Before You Begin

• Ensure that DDB move operation is not running for the DDB that you plan to retire.

• Ensure that all the partitions in the DDB are on the same version of MediaAgent.

• Wait for the backup operations that use the DDB to complete or stop (kill) all the jobs.

Procedure

1. At the command prompt, go to software_installation_directory\Base.

2. Use the qlogin command to log on to the CommServe computer.

   qlogin -cs server1 -u user1
    Password:
    User logged in successfully.
       
   

3. Download the ddb_sealing.xml file and save it on the computer where you run the command.

4. Run the following command by substituting the parameter values in the command line.

   qoperation execute -af <downloaded_location>\ddb_sealing.xml -storagePolicyName 'xxxxx' -copyName 'xxxxx' -SidbStoreId <SIDBStoreId> -sealReason 6
       
   

   The following is the sample output.

   <App_GenericResp>
       <errorCode>0</errorCode>
   </App_GenericResp>