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Sealing the Deduplication Database Using XML

You can use XML to seal a Deduplication Database (DDB).

Procedure

  1. At the command prompt, go to software installation directory\Base.

  2. Log on to the CommServe computer using qlogin command.

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

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

  4. Open the XML file.

  5. Change the XML parameters.

    Attribute Description
    copyName markdown: block The name of the storage policy copy where you want to seal the DDB.
    storagePolicyName The name of the storage policy.
    SidbStoreId The ID of the DDB. In environments with horizontal scaling enabled, a storage policy copy can have more than one deduplication databases associated. To seal a specific DDB, you must specify the store ID of the DDB.

  6. Run the following command by substituting the parameter values in the XML file.

    qoperation execute −af <downloaded location>\ddb_sealing.xml
    To seal the DDBs associated with a storage policy copy, 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'
    To seal a specific DDB associated with a storage policy copy, 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 'xxxxx'
    Click here to see sample output.

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