Tape libraries and the hidden speeds

There was recently a discussion on the NetWorker mailing list that was sparked by someone asking what sort of LTO-4…

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Traps when upgrading from 7.3.x to 7.4.x – CDI

I’ve had a few customers in the last few days now upgrade from NetWorker 7.3.x to 7.4.x, and the most…

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Basics – Fixing “NSR peer information” errors

If you’re using a modern NetWorker environment, the chances are that you’ll periodically notice entries such as the following in…

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Recommended reading: Asimov’s 3 laws unsafe

Totally off topic, if you’re interested in AI at all, you may want to check out 3 Laws Unsafe, a…

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Yet another “tape is dead” story. Ho-hum.

I’ve previously been amused by stories claiming that tape is dead due to disk backup or VTL being able to…

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Aside – How I stay organised

(Or, information is like water – you can drink from it, you can swim in it, or you can drown…

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Audit is not a 4-letter word

This post has now been moved to the Enterprise Systems Backup Blog. You can find it here. Related posts: NetWorker…

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Getting jobquery to talk to you

I’ve been using nsradmin for the last 12 years. So when I read about a new utility, ‘jobquery’ in NetWorker…

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Basics – Commands you should know

[This is something I’ll revisit from time to time and update.] There are some commands you should always be aware…

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Basics – Parallelism in NetWorker

Parallelism in NetWorker is effectively multiplexing by another name. There are three areas where you have traditionally been able to…

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