Data Protection Suite 18.2

Introduction Earlier this month, Data Protection Suite 18.2 was released. This covers: Avamar Data Protection Advisor (DPA) Data Protection Central…

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Australia demands an end to data protection

Normally on the data protection blog I talk about data protection as it applies to functions such as backup and recovery, CDP,…

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Staging Systems vs Backup Systems

Do you want a backup system, or a staging system? This might seem like an odd question, but I’m asking…

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Multi-Systems Search

In my previous post, I walked through the process of getting Data Protection Search up and running – from that…

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Data Protection Search Overview

First up, a quick explanation: I’ve not posted a lot of late because I’ve spent most of my time outside…

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A Simple Linux KVM Backup Framework using NetWorker

Of late I’ve been playing around a little bit with KVM. I must admit, it’s not really my virtualisation system…

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Basics – Avamar Client Logs

If you’re new to Avamar, you might not know that the Avamar backup agent writes a lot of useful information…

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A Few Considerations Around Data Breaches in Australia

On 22 February 2018, Australia’s mandatory breach notification system was instituted, requiring businesses suffering (many types of) data breaches to…

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Avamar 18.1 – A Stellar Interface

Avamar 18.1 has been out for a while now, so this post is a little tardy, I know. That being…

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Basics – Space Reclamation in Deduplication Storage

Introduction When you’re writing backups to tape, capacity reclamation is pretty straight forward (unless you’re using an archive product that…

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