How to remove obsolete VTL configuration export files

Summary: Instructions for VTL configuration exporting.

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Instructions

In DDOS 5.5, a tool to export the full Virtual Tape Library (VTL) configuration and import back on the same DDR introduced. Use for failure, on a new DDR, or migration.
The tool is command line only, provided by the following command:

# vtl config export [vtl <vtl>] output-file <filename>

# vtl config import [vtl <vtl>] [check-only]  [skip-initiators] [retain-serial-numbers] [on-error {continue | stop}] input-file <filename>

The command options are described in the "Data Domain Operating System Command Reference Guide" for the specific DDOS release. As reported in the Guide, when exporting a VTL configuration the output is automatically saved in /ddr/var/etc/vtl_configuration_files directory. There is not a command to delete old configuration files. Do not delete via network shares due to default permission. If multiple old files must be deleted, open a Service Request.

The tool prompts to overwrite the existing saved configuration when an existing file name is provided for the "output-file" option. Copy it off DD, and rename it in a convenient way to track the configuration changes. This procedure allows VTL configuration change tracking while keeping only one file on DD, with the current configuration.

 

Affected Products

Data Domain

Products

Data Domain, Data Domain Virtual Tape Library
Article Properties
Article Number: 000019798
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 25 Mar 2026
Version:  4
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