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Starting deduplication operations

You can start a deduplication operation on a volume by using the sis start command.

Step

  1. Enter the following command: sis start [-s] [-f] [-d] [-sp] /vol/volname

    The —s option scans the volume completely and you are prompted to confirm if deduplication should be started on the volume.

    The —f option starts deduplication on the volume without any prompts.

    The —d option starts a new deduplication operation after deleting the existing checkpoint information.

    The p option initiates a deduplication operation using the previous checkpoint regardless of how old the checkpoint is.

    Note: This option should be used along with -s only. This is applicable if checkpoint data is corresponding with the gathering stage.