Enhancing NetWorker Security: A theoretical architecture
It’s fair to say that no one backup product can be all things to all people. More generally, it’s fair…
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It’s fair to say that no one backup product can be all things to all people. More generally, it’s fair…
For what it’s worth, I believe that the continuing lack of support for renaming clients as a function within NMC,…
Some time ago, I posted a blog entry titled Carry a Jukebox with you, if you’re using Linux, which referred…
So yesterday I got an excited email from Virgin’s Velocity Rewards Program*. It enthusiastically read: Preston, surprise! You’ve turned gold!…
Something that continues to periodically come up is the need to remind people running manual staging to ensure they specify…
I’ve been using Parallels Desktop for the Mac for several years now – in fact, when I originally started using…
It goes without a doubt that we have to get smarter about storage. While I’m probably somewhat excessive in my…
When I was at University, a philosophy lecturer remarked rather sagely that University is the last place people can go…
You might think, given that I wrote an article awhile ago about the Procedural Obligations of Backup Administrators that it…
I remember mentioning earlier this year that there are few events I remember in stunning detail. Tiananmen Square, the Challenger…
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The Small One!
My latest book is The Busy IT Manager’s Guide to Data Recovery. This book is short and to the point, designed for people who are either responsible, or accountable for data recovery. You can buy from here.
The Big One!
The second edition of Data Protection: Ensuring Data Availability is now available. It’s not just an update to existing content, there’s significant new information in this new edition. Buy here.
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