My cup runneth over
Introduction Note: I first wrote this in November 2016, but since this covers topics that comes up regularly with customers,…
Category: Backup theory
Falling in love with the IRS
Years ago when NetWorker Management Console was first introduced, Australians (and no doubt people in other countries with a similarly…
Backing up Oracle with NMDA
In previous posts I’ve talked about options around database backups – specifically whether you’d use a NetWorker module or say,…
Backing up to Recover: PSS, BBB and VBA
I’ve recently been doing some testing around Block Based Backups, and specifically recoveries from them. This has acted as an…
Betting the company
Short of networking itself, backup and recovery systems touch more of your infrastructure than anything else. So it’s pretty common for any backup and recovery…
How many copies do I need?
So you’ve got your primary data stored on one array and it replicates to another array. How many backup copies do…
Who should handle your database backups?
I’ve been working with backups for 20 years, and if there’s been one constant in 20 years I’d say that application…
Client Load: Filesystem and Database Backups
A question I get asked periodically is “can I backup my filesystem and database at the same time?” As is…
LTO-7 and the Streaming Conundrum
The LTO consortium has announced: That the LTO Ultrium format generation 7 specifications are now available for licensing by storage mechanism…
Melbourne DPUG and VMware Data Protection
Recently a colleague and I initiated the Melbourne Data Protection User Group (DPUG). If you’re interested in joining and participating and…