NetWorker 7.5.2 (NetWorker 7.5 SP2) released
Typical that it happens on a day when I’m travelling, but NetWorker 7.5 SP2 (aka NetWorker 7.5.2) has been released…
Author: Preston de Guise
Basics – Need a different volume from pool …
The scenario: A clone or stage operation has aborted (or otherwise failed) It has been restarted It hangs waiting for…
Of Unicorns and Horses
Is your backup system a unicorn, or is it a horse? If you’re thinking I’m off my rocker asking such…
The case of Dell and the Interdicted Disks
Covered in several places last week, including The Standalone Sysadmin, was the story about Dell updating their RAID firmware/systems on…
What should your toolkit look like?
There should be more software installed on your NetWorker server than just the operating system and NetWorker. In order to…
Aside – The Great Shrinking Disk Drive
Over at Xiotech’s blog, there’s an interesting piece about the evolution of 2.5″ drives in enterprise storage titled The Great…
A new vendor battle
We’re used to seeing EMC and NetApp punch it out in the blogosphere and tweetverse, with the occasional pause from…
Sometimes it’s not my problem
I frequently work in support – I help a plethora of companies that have NetWorker issues, and I enjoy doing…
Backup is Insurance
As evidenced by the title of my book (Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery: A corporate insurance policy), I’m a firm…
Oh come on, pull the other one
I want to spend a few minutes discussing something that drives me nuts. It’s something I see quite regularly on…