The top 10 for 2009
Looking at the stats both for this new site and the previous site, I’ve compiled a list of the top…
Category: Basics
Manually Staging? Don’t forget the Clone ID!
Something that continues to periodically come up is the need to remind people running manual staging to ensure they specify…
Lessons I’ve recently learned…
When I was at University, a philosophy lecturer remarked rather sagely that University is the last place people can go…
Basics – NetWorker Data Lifecycle
Within NetWorker, data (savesets) can go through several stages in its lifecycle. Here’s a simple overview of those stages: The…
Basics – Default pool debugging 101
Many of us with NetWorker have been in the situation where a backup has started (particularly when it’s for a…
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…
Basics – Standalone drive auto media management
I don’t have many customers with standalone tape drives. Usually when they do, it’s due to one of two reasons:…
Basics – Directed Recoveries
Periodically people who are new to NetWorker will lament that it doesn’t support “push” recoveries. That is, a recovery run…
Basics – Peeking inside your jukebox without leaving your desk
In order to speed up jukebox operations, NetWorker maintains a cache, or a map, if you will, of the current…
Basics – Staging
In NetWorker, staging refers to moving savesets from one piece of media to another. The move operation is two-fold, consisting…