Checkpoint your backups

Back in NetWorker 7.6 SP1, a new feature was introduced – Checkpoint backups. If you’ve not used or heard of…

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Virtual synthetic fulls: A match made in heaven

One of the great new features in NetWorker 8.1 is virtual synthetic fulls. You may think the term ‘virtual synthetic’ sounds…

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Casing the joint

When you’re working with NetWorker on the command line, it’s important to be aware that NetWorker is case sensitive. Sometimes,…

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Notify me

A small yet nice new feature in NetWorker 8.1 is a limited form of parameter expansion in NetWorker notification action…

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NetWorker 8.1 Overview

As is typically the case, EMC and my timing has been a little out of whack. They announced their “backup…

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Happy anniversary, EMC and Legato

In July 2003, 10 years ago, EMC announced they were buying Legato for around $1.3 billion dollars (US). The acquisition…

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Debugging – device device daemons on a storage node

On one of my lab environments I recently had a problem where the devices (AFTD) on a firewalled storage node…

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NetWorker Tunnels

NetWorker and firewalls has always been a bit of a challenging combination. It’s become increasingly simplified over time – to…

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NetWorker Usage Report 2012

Running between December 11, 2012 and 31 January 2013, the NetWorker Usage Survey switched from a bi-yearly to a yearly…

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NetWorker Usage Survey, 2012-2013

It’s time again for the NetWorker Usage Survey. There’s just 16 questions in this survey (one more than the previous…

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