Basics – Getting started with BoostFS

Intro One of the things I’m keen to try in NetWorker 18.1 is the new Orchestrated Application Protection (OAP) feature…

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2017 in Review

With just a few more days of 2017 left, I thought it opportune making the last post of the year…

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Using ItemPoint Table Level Recovery with SQL Server

NetWorker 9 modules for SQL, Exchange and Sharepoint now make use of ItemPoint to support granular recovery. ItemPoint leverages NetWorker’s…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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2015 – that’s a wrap!

As we approach the end of 2015 I wanted to spend a bit of time reflecting on some of the data protection…

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Jobquery finally gets the duct tape removed

Some time ago, I posted that EMC had added a jobquery utility to allow probing of the NetWorker jobs database…

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NetWorker 7.5 and Oracle Module 5

Since I have more than a passing interest in databases, I always try to keep appraised of the Oracle module…

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