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<main> <article class="userContent"> <h2 data-id="issue"><strong>ISSUE</strong></h2> <p>How you can determine using the new HTML5 web administrative interface if the database is relying on dedupNT or dedupDB</p> <h2 data-id="resolution"><strong>RESOLUTION</strong></h2> <p>If the result is <b>dedupNT=1</b>, then the system is using dedupNT. Do not upgrade beyond 9.1.1 until you have contacted Support and they have helped you migrate out of dedupNT into dedupDB first.</p> <h2 data-id="tasks"><strong>TASKS</strong></h2> <p></p> <p>To verify if they are running dedupNT by using this process...</p> <h2 data-id="using-the-html5-administrative-interface"> <br>Using the HTML5 Administrative Interface:</h2> <ol><li>Click on the Asset and select EDIT</li> <li>Click on Advanced tab, then click on General Configuration button at the bottom.</li> <li>Click on the Name column to sort by names. Then, look for the MetadataGeneration field.</li> </ol><ul><li>If the value to the right of dedupNT is <b>1</b> you are using <b>dedupNT</b>.</li> <li>If the value to the right of dedupNT is <b>0</b> you are using <b>dedupDB</b>.</li> </ul><h2 data-id="using-the-ssh-command-line-interface"> <br>Using the SSH Command Line Interface</h2> <ol><li>Connect to the Unitrends system using an SSH terminal Client (e.g. <a rel="nofollow" href="/home/leaving?allowTrusted=1&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chiark.greenend.org.uk%2F%7Esgtatham%2Fputty%2Flatest.html">PuTTY</a>) and log in as the user root. Then execute this command sting:</li></ol><div><b>echo "dedupNT=`/usr/bp/bin/bputil -g "fileDedup" "MetadataGeneration" "NULL" /usr/bp/bpinit/master.ini`"</b></div> <pre class="code codeBlock" spellcheck="false" tabindex="0"> [root@Unitrends ~]# echo "dedupNT=`/usr/bp/bin/bputil -g "fileDedup" "MetadataGeneration" "NULL" /usr/bp/bpinit/master.ini`" <b>dedupNT=1</b> </pre> </article> </main>