The 9 Essential Properties of Backup

Introduction What goes into making a backup? What are the traits that essential in order for it to be something…

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Summer Holiday Adventures

My relaxing summer break is coming to a close, which means I’m days away from returning to work and the…

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Data Protection in 2020: Reflections

Or, the world is burning but data protection goes on. Did someone get the license plate of the year that…

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Basics – NetWorker AFTD on NAS

Someone recently asked me about using NetWorker to backup to a NAS, and how easy it would be to then…

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PowerProtect DD Series Appliances Updates

It’s been a busy couple of months with data protection updates in the Dell Technologies family, and that’s continued with…

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NetWorker Volume Move

Introduced at the same time as NetWorker 19.4, the NetWorker Volume Move system allows you to migrate a backup volume…

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Basics – Retiring Clients in NetWorker 19.4

One of the new features introduced in NetWorker 19.4 is the concept of a NetWorker client state. A client can…

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Basics – Compliance Retention with PowerProtect Data Manager

PowerProtect Data Manager uses a concept called promotion backups to help you create long-term retention backups. A promotion backup is…

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Basics – Indexed File Recovery with NetWorker 19.4 NWUI

The HTML version of the NetWorker interface introduced file-level recovery options in 19.3. With 19.3 you got the option to…

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Nineteen Point Four

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a computer in possession of good data, must be in want of a…

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