Basics – What inode did that file have when it was backed up?

I had an odd question recently from a customer – they wanted to know whether NetWorker could tell them what…

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NetWorker and Snow Leopard

I was rather pleased this morning to have a friendly FedEx courier drop off Mac OS X 10.6 – Snow…

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Backup does not suck

It’s a common misconception that, well, backup sucks. This for the most part seems to come from one of three…

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Zero Error Policy Management

This article has now moved to Enterprise Systems Backup, and can be read here. Related posts: What is a zero…

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Backup is a production activity

I routinely check (via the handy WordPress dashboard) what searches lead people to my blog. Often it’s for content that…

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What does supported mean?

It’s easy to get confused on ‘supported’. That is, when EMC (or any other vendor) publishes a guide on say,…

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Aside – Data Visualisation

Referenced from undrln, there’s an article over at Business Week about some of the more innovative techniques being used in…

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Cloud Computing vs The Network Computer

Or, I can’t see the emperor’s new clothes… More than a decade ago, Sun bet its future on The Network…

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Aside – District 9

Last night I was lucky enough to see District 9. As a big Science Fiction fan, I enjoy scifi that…

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Basics – Labelling and Relabelling without Unmounting

Here’s a common scenario – you want to label a volume, or relabel a volume, and use it straight away.…

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