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Sealing the Deduplication Database Using XML

Deduplication Database (DDB) can be sealed using XML.

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

    The name of the storage policy copy where you want to seal the DDB.

    storagePolicyName

    The name of the storage policy.

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

    qoperation execute −af <downloaded location>\ddb_sealing.xml

    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'

    Click here to see sample output.

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