Oracle and PowerProtect Data Manager
I recently wanted to check out some PowerProtect Data Manager options with Oracle, and so I found myself spinning up…
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I recently wanted to check out some PowerProtect Data Manager options with Oracle, and so I found myself spinning up…
The nsrpolicy tool is remarkably powerful, allowing you to create edit and view policy details rapidly from the command line…
Did you know that NetWorker lets you ‘roll your own’ savesets? This functionality gives you a great deal of flexibility in customising your backup configuration to make critical datasets readily identifiable. Here’s how.
If you’re doing image-based backups of virtual machines, it’s useful to see the actual change rate of those virtual machines….
In the various backup/data protection groups I hang around on, I periodically see the “I’m new to backup, what do…
A post from a long time ago explained how you could enable realtime rendering of NetWorker logs from their raw…
Someone recently asked me about using NetWorker to backup to a NAS, and how easy it would be to then…
One of the new features introduced in NetWorker 19.4 is the concept of a NetWorker client state. A client can…
The HTML version of the NetWorker interface introduced file-level recovery options in 19.3. With 19.3 you got the option to…
If you want a view of the front end TB (FETB) utilisation on your NetWorker server, you turn to the…
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