Don’t resent your log files!
There was a recent discussion on the NetWorker mailing list as to whether some additional logging information that appeared in…
Category: Backup theory
The scandalous truth about Clouds
Your cloud based data may be hanging by a thread and you wouldn’t even know. Introduction The recent Sidekick debacle…
Recovery is NOT #3
There’s a Top 10 Reasons marketing document from EMC now explaining why you should be using NetWorker. While obviously this…
Library sharing vs Dynamic Drive Sharing
In many environments with storage nodes, a common requirement is to share backup devices between the server and/or storage nodes…
How much aren’t you backing up?
Do you have a clear picture of everything that you’re not backing up? For many sites, the answer is not as…
Is a “copy” a “backup”?
There’s been of discussions on various storage blogs both previously, and again now on whether a copy (e.g., a tarball,…
Trickle recoveries aren’t recoveries
In environments with satellite offices, a common “backup” technique described in a lot of situations is what I’d generically call…
Vendors! Listen up! Stop talking about archive when you mean HSM
When it comes to backup and data protection, I like to think of myself as being somewhat of a stickler…
What’s backup got to do with it?
Perhaps one of the most common mistakes that companies can make is to focus on their backup window. You might…
The 7 procedural obligations of backup administrators
A while ago, I ran a post titled Ethical Obligations of Backup Administrators. Following up from that now I want…