How to start/stop the Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent

Description

If want to use the Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent, please start the mtstrmd process manually.
< INSTALL_PATH>/pdde/pdag/bin/mtstrmd

Note: Start processing of mtstrmd has been excluded from the following script file.
< INSTALL_PATH>/netbackup/bin/bp.start_all
< INSTALL_PATH>/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup


If want to stop the mtstrmd process, please run following script or command.
< INSTALL_PATH>/netbackup/bin/bp.kill_all
< INSTALL_PATH>/pdde/pdag/bin/mtstrmd -terminate

Note: Stop processing of mtstrmd has been excluded from the following script file .
< INSTALL_PATH>/netbackup/bin/goodies/netbackup

 

For Windows operating system ( Supported versions), the service is called NetBackup Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent. To start and stop this service, follow these steps:

1. Open Windows service manager by clicking Start, and search for Run or based on OS version, directly search Run, type services.msc in the run box and click OK.
2. Look for 'NetBackup Deduplication Multi-Threaded Agent', right click on it to start or stop the service. This services by default in Manual Startup Type. See below figure 1.

figure 1.

Disclaimer: Ensure that NetBackup jobs are stopped prior to changing the state of the Multi-Threaded Agent. Consult the NetBackup Deduplication Guide for more information.