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Regarding AUX Copy

  • March 9, 2026
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my current environment on primary side we are not using commvault dedup and compression using storage end. so when we are going to do the aux copy commvault dehyderate the data from storage and using the wan compression full data transfer to the DR side or second site and destination side we have data domain on primary we didn't have data domain. 

any possibility to dedup the data  before sending to the destination like DASH copy (only reference point transfer to the destination)  objective is to reduce the wan traffic instead of transferring whole backup. I know i am asking silly question.

 

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  • Apprentice
  • March 9, 2026

"In my current environment, we utilize storage-side deduplication and compression on the primary site rather than Commvault’s software deduplication. Consequently, during an Auxiliary Copy, Commvault 'rehydrates' the data from the storage, resulting in a full data transfer over the WAN (even with WAN compression enabled).

Our destination site uses Data Domain, but we do not have a Data Domain appliance on the primary side to facilitate native replication. Is there a way to deduplicate this data 'on the wire'—similar to a DASH Copy—so that only unique reference blocks are transferred? My primary objective is to significantly reduce WAN traffic by avoiding the transfer of the entire hydrated backup."