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Storage Virtual Machines : Storage > Volumes : Managing volumes : Running deduplication operations
Running deduplication operations
You can run deduplication immediately after creating a FlexVol volume or an Infinite Volume, or schedule deduplication to run at a specified time.
Before you begin 
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Deduplication must be enabled on the volume.
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The volume must be online and mounted.
About this task 
Deduplication is a background process that consumes system resources during the operation; therefore, it might impact other operations that are in progress. You must cancel deduplication before you can perform any other operation.
Steps 
1.
From the home page, double-click the appropriate storage system.
2.
Expand the Storage Virtual Machines hierarchy in the left navigation pane.
3.
In the navigation pane, select the Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) and click Storage > Volumes or Infinite Volumes.
4.
Select the volume for which you want to run deduplication.
5.
Click Storage Efficiency.
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In the Storage Efficiency dialog box, if you are running deduplication on the volume for the first time, run deduplication on the entire volume data by selecting Scan Entire Volume.
7.
Click Start.
8.
Check the status of the deduplication operation in the Storage Efficiency tab of the Volumes window.
Related reference 
Volumes window

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