During concurrent media changes on two separate deduplication devices on the same media server, using the Deduplication Option (Dedupe), the data on one of the devices could be inadvertently corrupted.
| Article:TECH125840 | | | Created: 2010-01-08 | | | Updated: 2011-10-12 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125840 |
Problem
During concurrent media changes on two separate deduplication devices on the same media server, using the Deduplication Option (Dedupe), the data on one of the devices could be inadvertently corrupted.
Cause
In both scenarios the corruptions happens when both of the Deduplication devices attempt to mount media at the same time.
Here are the requirements for this situation to occur:
The problem could occasionally occur when two separate deduplication devices are in use on the same media server. During concurrent media changes on the separate deduplication devices the data on one of the devices could be inadvertently deleted.
Solution
This issue is resolved in Backup Exec 2010 revision 2896 Hotfix 345316.
For 32bit systems: www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125819
For 64bit systems: www.symantec.com/docs/TECH125816
The issue can be avoided by not allowing two deduplication devices active at same time on the same media server.
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| Source | ETrack |
| Value | 1951977 |
| Description | If two opt-dupe jobs are running concurrently, the source media may become corrupted |
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Legacy ID
345611
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