Avoiding 2GB saveset chunks

Periodically a customer will report to me that a client is generating savesets in 2GB chunks. That is, they get…

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Basics – Updates vs Upgrades

After 13+ years of using NetWorker, I still tend to interchangeably use the terms ‘upgrade’ and ‘update’ (or to be…

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NetWorker 7.4.5 – Should you update?

Over the last 36 hours or so I’ve been doing a lot of tests of NetWorker 7.4.5, and overall I…

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What’s wrong with the NMC installation process?

There is, in my opinion, an unpleasant security hole in the NMC installation/configuration process. The security hole is simple: it…

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NetWorker 7.4.5

I received an automated alert from PowerLink overnight telling me that the release notes for NetWorker 7.4 had been updated.…

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Wishlist – Server/Storage Node for Mac OS X

For some time I’ve wished NetWorker would support both storage node and server functions on Mac OS X. When I…

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Quibbles – Cloning and Staging

For the most part cloning and staging within NetWorker are pretty satisfactory, particularly when viewed from a combination of automated…

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What is a zero error policy?

This post has now moved to Enterprise Systems Backup and Recovery, and you can read it here. Related posts: Zero…

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When will tape die?

As you may have noticed, I have a great deal of disrespect for “tape is dead” stories. To be blunt,…

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VTLs and media load/unload times

VTLs are fast, right? There’s no physical media loads or unloads associated with tape loads and unloads, after all. That’s…

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