2015 – that’s a wrap!

As we approach the end of 2015 I wanted to spend a bit of time reflecting on some of the data protection…

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NetWorker Scales El Capitan

When Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) came out, I upgraded my personal desktop and laptop to El Capitan. The upgrade went…

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NetWorker Usage Survey for 2015

It’s that time of the year again where I ask my readers and the NetWorker Community to spend a few minutes…

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Recovering nsrd.info

Regular visitors will have noticed that nsrd.info has been down quite a lot over the last week. I’m pleased to…

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NetWorker 8.2 SP2 is here

While NetWorker 9 went DA at the end of September and is seeing healthy uptake around the world, NetWorker 8.2 is still…

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Multihost consistent backups in NetWorker 9

NetWorker 9 introduces a new action that can be incorporated into workflows, Check Connectivity. You can use this prior to a backup…

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Linux Block Based Backups in NetWorker 9

As mentioned in my introductory post about it, NetWorker 9 introduces the option to perform Block Based Backups (BBB) for Linux systems.…

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NetWorker 9: The future of backup

Introduction When NetWorker 8 was released I said at the time it represented the biggest consolidated set of changes to NetWorker…

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LTO-7 and the Streaming Conundrum

The LTO consortium has announced: That the LTO Ultrium format generation 7 specifications are now available for licensing by storage mechanism…

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Melbourne DPUG and VMware Data Protection

Recently a colleague and I initiated the Melbourne Data Protection User Group (DPUG). If you’re interested in joining and participating and…

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