Of course. Deduplicated information is only that information that is not already duplicated somewhere else on the storage device. Once you copy the image using bpduplicate to a tape there is no other copy of the information (so far as the tape is concerned) so obviously it would create a whole backup using duplicated and non-duplicated information from the Data Domain to create it.
However, I didn't see anything by OP that suggested he was looking to save deduped information to a tape. I read his post as meaning: "There is a backup that went to Data Domain - we would now like to have a tape copy of the backup." The only real trick in what he wrote is how to get the information from the remote Data Domain to the local one. Since we don't do the remote setup here (we use vaulting to duplicate the local one to tape) I don't know exactly how that mechanism works. It may be automatic simply by requesting a bpduplicate of the image or it may require some step on the Data Domain itself. I feel confident however that there is a way to get the data from remote to onsite. Otherwise having a remote unit would be worse than useless. ________________________________ From: Wilcox, Donald A (GE, Research) [mailto:wil...@ge.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:19 AM To: Jeff Lightner; jeff kaplan; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] dedup/replication It is my understanding that Data Domain deduplicated images get blown back up before going to tape, thereby losing the deduplication. Donald Wilcox 1 Research Circle (KWC124B) Niskayuna, New York 12309 Email: wil...@ge.com Office: 518 387-6856 ________________________________ From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Lightner Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:02 AM To: jeff kaplan; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] dedup/replication If NBU can see it then you can use the bpduplicate command to copy the image from Data Domain to tape. ________________________________ From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of jeff kaplan Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 11:07 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] dedup/replication Hello- Without using OST, is there a way to get a physical tape copy from a deduped/replicated image? We have a local EDL/3DL replicating (de-duped data) to a remote EDL/3DL. We need to get a physical tape from the remote copy, but it has to NBU-aware. Thanks in advance! ________________________________ Windows Live(tm) Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. Check it out. <http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009> Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments. ---------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you. ----------------------------------
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