Does NetWorker scan the indices for changed files when it does a backup?

This is a fairly common question to see asked – does NetWorker, when a non-full backup is run, scan the…

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Basics – Stopping and restarting NetWorker on Mac OS X

If you’re a NetWorker administrator, but not a Mac OS X administrator, you may be unfamiliar with the process to…

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Basics – mmpool

The utility mmpool is one of those lesser used utilities in NetWorker that you may not necessarily know about, nor…

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Basics – Adding new clients in 7.4.4 and higher

One of the policy changes made in NetWorker 7.4.4 (and which applies to 7.5.x as well) is that of client…

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Basics – nsrlic

One question that commonly comes up is “how do I get details of used licenses?” The easiest way I find…

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Basics – nsraddadmin

A simple and straight-forward command, nsraddadmin answers that problem of needing to quickly add a user account as a NetWorker…

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Basics – jbverify

Now, some might say that I’m not the smartest card in the deck for what I’m about to note, but…

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Basics – no_striped_recover

With the introduction of the advanced file type (adv_file) device in NetWorker, changes were made to support striped recoveries. This…

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Basics – No two groups should start simultaneously

One of the most common configuration issues I see is where multiple NetWorker groups are configured to start simultaneously. For…

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Basics – Using datazone encryption with NetWorker

I’m not fond of software encryption (or compression, for that matter). Particularly in a 24×7 enterprise environment, clients (i.e., production…

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