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…
Author: Preston de Guise
When will tape die?
As you may have noticed, I have a great deal of disrespect for “tape is dead” stories. To be blunt,…
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…
Manual backups and the ‘quiet’ option
When you run a manual backup in NetWorker (e.g., via the “save” command), NetWorker will by default give you a…
Using the NetWorker Software Distribution Functionality
There’s an old saying, “Be careful what you wish for; you may get it.” Many would say that’s an apt…
Aside – Other World Computing
There’s a company in the United States called Other World Computing, who mainly deal with selling products for Apple’s Macintosh…
Wish list – Extension to “scheduled backup”
Introduced in the 7.4 series of NetWorker was an option for the client resources called “Scheduled backup”. Normally set to…
NetWorker 7.4.4.7 is out
Cumulative patch cluster 7.4.4.7 of NetWorker was released on the weekend. There’s a whole raft of fixes in this. On…
NetWorker vs Scratch pools
A common question asked in NetWorker forums is “how do I configure a scratch pool in NetWorker?” This comes mainly…
Aside – The scourge of filesystems
This morning I had to replace half of a mirror in my Linux server, which being a home server, meant…