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Level 6

13 years ago

pure disk

The PureDisk Deduplication Option (PDDO) enables you to configure a PureDisk

storage pool as a NetBackup OpenStorage unit. The NetBackup OpenStorage API

enables NetBackup to communicate with PureDisk. When you install the PDDO

plug-in on a NetBackup media server, you enable NetBackup to write backups to

a PureDisk storage pool. All data in a PureDisk storage pool is deduplicated, which

reduces the amount of space that is needed for the NetBackup backup copies.

The NetBackup OpenStorage API

enables NetBackup to communicate with PureDisk.

What is the NetBackup OpenStorage API here?What it means

Mark_Solutions
13 years ago
The API is the actual software component - Open Storage is the term used for devices or systems that can be used with NetBackup via the API

Mark_Solutions
Level 6
13 years ago
It is just a piece of software that allows the NetBackup daemons / processes to communicate with another piece of software - in the case you refer to it is PDDO but could be a DataDomain or Quantum DXi type device

It is a device driver if you like - it sits between the two to aloow them to work.
NIKHIL234656595
Level 6
13 years ago
What if we dont install this?
Mark_Solutions
Level 6
13 years ago
You dont have a choice - it is not a seperate installation it is installed as part of NetBackup software for PDDO these days (other vendors do have an API that does need to be installed)

Without it you could not communicate and therefore not back up to PDDO
NIKHIL234656595
Level 6
13 years ago
other vendors do have an API that does need to be installed.

what is diff between API and OPEN STORAGE?
Mark_Solutions
Level 6
13 years ago
The API is the actual software component - Open Storage is the term used for devices or systems that can be used with NetBackup via the API
NIKHIL234656595
Level 6
13 years ago
It is a device driver if you like - it sits between the two to aloow them to work.

PDDO sits between?