Upgrading NetWorker and the ‘tmp’ directory

Over the years I’ve been forced to come to one key conclusion about the NetWorker ‘tmp’ directory and NetWorker upgrades.…

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Basics – Achieving higher frequency backups

For the most part we run standard backups once every 24 hours – daily. A lot of the time if…

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Basics – Null vs Skip Directives

One of the most common mistakes made by people new to NetWorker when setting up directives is using the skip…

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The Dual Evils – Malware, and Malware Protection

I worry that I may in this entry come across as a smug Mac user, but that’s not my intent,…

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Are you Monitoring RAP?

Introduced in NetWorker v7 was a feature called “Monitor RAP”. There’s two unfortunate aspects to this setting in the NetWorker…

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Media, CapEx and OpEx

A common mistake I often see made, particularly when planning new system implementations, is to try to calculate out media…

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My Personal NetWorker Wish List

This is not necessarily reflective of my customers, though several of them have expressed desire for at least one or…

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Oracle channels and NetWorker parallelism

If you’re backing up Oracle with the NetWorker module/RMAN, there are an extremely large number of options you can choose…

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Backup is insurance

Over at The Daily WTF, there’s a story at the moment about a company that went out of business due…

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Thinking green? Think tape

Many companies are now becoming increasingly aware of the importance of either achieving carbon neutrality, or at least being as…

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