Why upgrade clients?
The Question It’s usually the case that the biggest part of a NetWorker environment – in terms of resources that…
Category: Architecture
Divorcing NMC from NetWorker
The classic NetWorker install will see: A bunch of clients Optional storage nodes and/or dedicated storage nodes The NetWorker server…
Virtualisation and testing
Once upon a time, if you said to someone “do you have a test environment?” there was at least a…
Large group backups
A very traditional approach to configuring automated backups in NetWorker is to make use of the schedule override feature in…
ADV_FILE operational changes
As I mentioned in an earlier post, EMC have announced on their community forum that there are some major changes…
Coming ADV_FILE changes
I had been aware for a while from an NDA conversation that these changes were on the way, but of…
10 reasons why tape is still important (part 2)
In the previous article, I covered the first five of ten reasons why tape is still important. Now, let’s consider…
10 reasons why tape is still important (part 1)
Various companies will spin you their “tape is dead” story, and I’m the first to admit that the use pattern…
There is no magic bullet
The always astute Martin Glassborow has an article on his blog titled “This Changes Everything … Honest!” In it, Martin…
LTO-5 peeking at us from the end of the tunnel
The much long-anticipated wait for LTO-5 is now approaching fulfilment, with stories such as “Mass Production of Sony LTO-5 Media…