Of Cascading Failures

I got a real-world reminder in cascading failures this weekend, and that’s as good a time as any for me…

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Avamar Basics – Command Line Restores using avtar

I admit, when I first encountered Avamar, some of my first impressions were a little jaded by my lengthy experience…

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Bad Things Happen

Bad Things Happened at OVH If you work in infrastructure, you probably saw some reference in the last week to…

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Avamar Basics – Working with Pre-Backup Commands

Artist credit for post image above: Andrey Suslov via Bigstock.Com. Introduction to Pre-Backup Commands In complex environments, pre- and post-backup…

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PowerProtect Data Manager Filesystem Agent – Installation and Recovery

Introduction While PowerProtect Data Manager supports some important functions, like highly efficient VMware and database backups, we shouldn’t lose sight…

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Tools and Utilities Update

Utilities Do you remember CVS? While I’d previously been a fan of RCS, I switched to CVS very early after…

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NetWorker Basics – Let nsr_render_log B your friend

A post from a long time ago explained how you could enable realtime rendering of NetWorker logs from their raw…

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Dreaming of 8-Bit: The Raspberry Pi 400

8-Bit Memories On November 15, 2020, I ordered a Raspberry Pi 400 kit. I’ve mentioned the order date because I…

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Cyber Vaults need Robust Recovery Processes and Documentation

Let’s start with processes When I worked for BHP Information Technology in the 90s, there were travel policies that pretty…

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Why Data Classification in Backup is Pointless

You know that saying, “Data is the new oil”? If you work in IT and haven’t heard of it, I’d…

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