NetWorker 19.7 Snapshot Management Integration Guide

Enabling vdisk on the Data Domain

Enable vDisk on a Data Domain system through the vDisk enable command. Use the Data Domain command line interface to complete the required administration tasks.

1. Log in to the Data Domain system as an administrative user.
2. To verify that the vDisk license is enabled, type the following command:
   # license show

   Feature licenses:
   ## License Key Feature
   -- -------------------- --------
   1 ABCD-EFGH-IJKL-MNOP DDBOOST
   -- -------------------- --------

   If the DD vDisk license is disabled, type the following command to add the vDisk license by using the license key provided:

   # license add license_key

   License “ABCE-BCDA-CDAB-DABC” added.

3. To enable the vDisk service subsystem, type the following command:
   # vdisk enable

   DD vDisk enabled

4. To verify that the vDisk service is enabled, type the following command :
   # vdisk status

   vDisk admin state: enabled, process is running, licensed