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…
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,…
Notify me
A small yet nice new feature in NetWorker 8.1 is a limited form of parameter expansion in NetWorker notification action…
NetWorker 8.1 Overview
As is typically the case, EMC and my timing has been a little out of whack. They announced their “backup…
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…
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…
NetWorker Tunnels
NetWorker and firewalls has always been a bit of a challenging combination. It’s become increasingly simplified over time – to…
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…
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…