Backup Exec Management Command Line Interface Help
New-BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice Cmdlet
Synopsis

Creates a new deduplication disk storage device in Backup Exec.

Syntax
New-BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice [-Name] [<String>] [-StoragePath] [<String>] [-LogonAccount] [<BELogonAccount>] [-LogLevel {Minimal | Low | Normal | High | Full}] [-ClientSideDeduplicationEnabled [<Boolean>]] [-DataStreamSizeBytes [<Int32>]] [-LogRetentionDays [<Int32>]] [-BackupExecServer [<BEBackupExecServer>]] [-AllowedConcurrentOperations [<Int32>]] [-Description [<String>]] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [-Force [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]
Description

Creates a new deduplication disk storage device in Backup Exec.

Parameters

-BackupExecServer <BEBackupExecServer>

Specifies which Backup Exec server the device should be created on in a CASO environment.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-StoragePath <String>

Specifies the path to storage volume.


Required true
Position 1
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-LogonAccount <BELogonAccount>

Specifies a Backup Exec logon account for the new deduplication storage device. The logon account cannot be the System Logon Account.


Required true
Position 2
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-Description <String>

Specifies the description for the deduplication disk storage device.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-AllowedConcurrentOperations <Int32>

Sets the maximum allowed concurrent operations allowed on this device.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-DataStreamSizeBytes <Int32>

Indicates the size of a single write operation that Backup Exec issues.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-ClientSideDeduplicationEnabled <Boolean>

Specifies if client-side deduplication is enabled for this OpenStorage device.

The valid values are:
$true
$false


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-LogLevel

Indicates the type of information you want to include in the diagnostic logs for this device.

The valid values are:
Minimal
Low
Normal
High
Full


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-LogRetentionDays <Int32>

Specifies the number of days to retail log files.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-Name <String>

Specifies the name of the new deduplication disk storage device.


Required true
Position 0
Accepts pipeline input true (ByValue ByPropertyName)
Accepts wildcard characters false


-Force <SwitchParameter>

Forces the deduplication disk storage device to be created even if the specified Backup Exec server does not meet the minimum memory requirements.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-WhatIf <SwitchParameter>

Describes what happens if you execute the command without actually executing the command.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


-Confirm <SwitchParameter>

Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.


Required false
Position Named
Accepts pipeline input false
Accepts wildcard characters false


<CommonParameters>

For more information about common parameters, type "Get-Help about_commonparameters".

Input Type
System.String

You can pipe a string that contains the name of the Backup Exec deduplication disk storage device object to create to New-BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice.

Return Value
BackupExec.Management.CLI.BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice

New-BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice returns the deduplication disk storage device that was created.

Example
C:\PS> New-BEDeduplicationDiskStorageDevice -Name "Device 0001" -StoragePath "E:\pdde" -LogonAccount "Logon Account 0001"

This command creates a deduplication device named "Device 0001" that uses the path named "E:\pdde" and the logon account "Logon Account 0001".