Issue with gateway selection when creating Deduplication Store

When trying to configure (add) a Deduplication Store device on a new server, I could create the store, but when having to select a "client" for the gateway, the machine with the store isn't listed; instead machines that still run StoreOnce are listed. I don't understand, but  I'm new to Deduplication Store. And I cannot continue creating the device unless I add at least one gateway, it seems. Is this a software bug, or a misunderstanding at my side?

This is for Data Protector 24.4, and the machine to host Deduplication Store has the Deduplication Store and the Disk Agent installed; does it need a Media Agent, too? I thought Deduplication Store is a kind of Media Agent.

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    To extend a little more on this ... The "Deduplication Store" and the "Storeonce Software Deduplication" packages are basically the engines, the servers. In addition to that you need one or more gateways, either on the same or on a or multiple different hosts. That's the same for both software implementations (DPD and SOS) as well as for all supported hardware deduplication devices. And that gateway is included in a media agent.

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    While the gateway may be on any host, my guess was that having a local gateway will avoid needless network traffic. I'd still like to see some schematic overview of the data flows. CM, system to backup, gateway, and deduplication store are four components, and I'd like to avoid any useless data exchange between hosts if possible.

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    While the gateway may be on any host, my guess was that having a local gateway will avoid needless network traffic. I'd still like to see some schematic overview of the data flows. CM, system to backup, gateway, and deduplication store are four components, and I'd like to avoid any useless data exchange between hosts if possible.

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